Allergy to lingonberry: A case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Past few years cranberry/lingonberry products have been incorporated as healthy products to the US and European market as prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections in young women as well as in chronic infections in elderly which because of there are many...

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Main Authors: Zubeldia Jose M, Baeza Maria L, Matheu Victor, Barrios Yvelise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-03-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Allergy
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Online Access:http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/2/1/2
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Summary:<p>Abstract</p> <p>Past few years cranberry/lingonberry products have been incorporated as healthy products to the US and European market as prophylaxis of recurrent urinary tract infections in young women as well as in chronic infections in elderly which because of there are many biological activities attributed to the that fruit is a very popular additive to the new diets. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of allergy to lingonberry. We speculate that previous exposure to lingonberry products could be sensitising. The symptoms, timing of the episode, positive skin test, IgE-ELISA and western-blot strongly support the role of lingonberry as the causative agent.</p>
ISSN:1476-7961