Leonardo Antonicelli

TL;DR: Assessment of time trends in the prevalence of current asthma, asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis in Italian adults from 1990 to 2010 found that asthma prevalence has increased by 38% during the past 20 yrs, in parallel with a similar increase in asthma- like symptoms and allergies.

TL;DR: Induction of IgE during mite immunotherapy might occasionally cause allergy to foods of invertebrate animal origin, including tropomyosin‐reactive IgE.

TL;DR: The assessment of the risk for systemic reaction in skin-positive subjects with a negative case history, and the suggestion of the baseline serum tryptase level as a risk factor for reaction severity after a sting, are the most important clinical implications of the latest studies.

TL;DR: This study highlights the need for further research into the determinants of food allergy in adults and the types of food allergies that are known to exist in the literature.

TL;DR: LTP is the most important allergen causing food-induced anaphylaxis in Italy, peach being the most frequently offending food.