Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Developing Country: Is It Different from Developed Countries?

Table 4

Results of allergy testing and therapy in 15 children with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Patient	Ag (yr)	IgE (<100 ku/mL)	Positive RAST	Positive SPT	Action	Outcome
1	5	604	Milk, egg, soy	Milk, wheat, egg, mites, pollens, molds	Dietary restriction	Treatment failure
2	11	46	Tuna, tomato	Negative	Dietary restriction	Partial response
3	1.5	309	Milk, egg, soy, wheat, nut	Milk, egg, soy, wheat, nut	Elemental formula	Remission
4	5	267	Milk	Negative	Dietary restriction	Partial response
5	1	983	Egg and milk	Milk, egg, soy	Elemental formula	Remission
6	11	2	Negative	Mites, pollens	Fluticasone	Remission
7	2	57	Milk	Milk	Elemental formula	Remission
8	10	602	Wheat, nuts and soybean	Pollens, weeds, mites, nut, sesame, almond	Dietary restriction	Partial response
9	8	1133	Egg, soybean, wheat, milk	ND	Dietary restriction	Treatment failure
10	1.5	37	Milk	ND	Elemental formula*	Treatment failure
11	5	1008	Milk, wheat, and peanut	ND	Dietary restriction	Treatment failure
12	4	19	Negative	Negative	Fluticasone	Remission
13	5	39	Negative	Negative	Fluticasone	Remission
14	4	278	Egg	Egg	Dietary restriction	Partial response
15	4	433	Egg, wheat, soybeans, nuts	ND	Dietary restriction	Treatment failure

N: normal; ND: not done; RAST: radioimmunoassay test; SPT: skin prick test; yr: year; ∗child was not compliant on elemental formula.