Systematic review and meta-analyses on the accuracy of diagnostic tests for IgE-mediated food allergy

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The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is updating the Guidelines on Food Allergy Diagnosis. We aimed to undertake a systematic review of the literature with meta-analyses to assess the accuracy of diagnostic tests for IgE-mediated food allergy. We searched three databases (Cochrane CENTRAL (Trials), MEDLINE (OVID) and Embase (OVID)) for diagnostic test accuracy studies published between 1 October 2012 and 30 June 2021 according to a previously published protocol (CRD42021259186). We independently screened abstracts, extracted data from full texts and assessed risk of bias with QUADRAS 2 tool in duplicate. Meta-analyses were undertaken for food-test combinations for which three or more studies were available. A total of 149 studies comprising 24,489 patients met the inclusion criteria and they were generally heterogeneous. 60.4% of studies were in children ≤12 years of age, 54.3% were undertaken in Europe, ≥95% were conducted in a specialized paediatric or allergy clinical setting and all included oral food challenge in at least a percentage of enrolled patients, in 21.5% double-blind placebo-controlled food challenges. Skin prick test (SPT) with fresh cow's milk and raw egg had high sensitivity (90% and 94%) for milk and cooked egg allergies. Specific IgE (sIgE) to individual components had high specificity: Ara h 2-sIgE had 92%, Cor a 14-sIgE 95%, Ana o 3-sIgE 94%, casein-sIgE 93%, ovomucoid-sIgE 92/91% for the diagnosis of peanut, hazelnut, cashew, cow's milk and raw/cooked egg allergies, respectively. The basophil activation test (BAT) was highly specific for the diagnosis of peanut (90%) and sesame (93%) allergies. In conclusion, SPT and specific IgE to extracts had high sensitivity whereas specific IgE to components and BAT had high specificity to support the diagnosis of individual food allergies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Allergy - 79(2024), 2 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 324-352

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Riggioni, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Ricci, Cristian [VerfasserIn]
Moya, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Dominic [VerfasserIn]
van Goor, Evi [VerfasserIn]
Bartha, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Buyuktiryaki, Betul [VerfasserIn]
Giovannini, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Jayasinghe, Sashini [VerfasserIn]
Jaumdally, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Marques-Mejias, Andreina [VerfasserIn]
Piletta-Zanin, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Berbenyuk, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Andreeva, Margarita [VerfasserIn]
Levina, Daria [VerfasserIn]
Iakovleva, Ekaterina [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Derek [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
du Toit, George [VerfasserIn]
Skypala, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Alexandra F [VerfasserIn]

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37341-29-0
Allergens
Basophil activation test
Component-resolved diagnostics
Diagnosis
Diagnostic tests
Food allergy
IgE-mediated
Immunoglobulin E
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Review
Sensitivity
Skin prick test
Specific IgE
Specificity
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/all.15939

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365005118