PHOENIX — Researchers for the first time sequenced the main allergen of macadamia nut and its cross-reactivity pattern with hazelnut, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.
The case report, presented by Ira Roibás Veiga of the allergy department at University Hospital Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain, included data from two patients.
The first, a woman aged 45 years, had an aspirin allergy that had not previously been studied, in addition to gastric reflux. She also had allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma for which