Allergy to Theobroma Cacao

Ana Nin Valencia; Lorena Soto Retes; Borja Bartolomé‐Zavala; Gustavo Perdomo Gutiérrez; Teresa Bigorra

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8803

Clinical Case Reports (Jun 2024)

Allergy to Theobroma Cacao

Ana Nin Valencia,
Lorena Soto Retes,
Borja Bartolomé‐Zavala,
Gustavo Perdomo Gutiérrez,
Teresa Bigorra

Affiliations

Ana Nin Valencia: Pneumology and Allergy Department Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Barcelona Spain
Lorena Soto Retes: Pneumology and Allergy Department Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Barcelona Spain
Borja Bartolomé‐Zavala: R&D Department Roxall España Bilbao Spain
Gustavo Perdomo Gutiérrez: Pneumology and Allergy Department Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Barcelona Spain
Teresa Bigorra: Pneumology and Allergy Department Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital Barcelona Spain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8803
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract We present the case of a patient with antecedent of tree nuts allergy who developed an anaphylactic reaction after ingesting a piece chocolate. An allergy study detected sensitization to cocoa in skin tests as well as cross‐reactivity with tree nuts in the SDS‐PAGE immunoblotting‐inhibition.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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