The role of short-term grass pollen exposure in food skin-prick test reactivity, food allergy, and eczema flares in children.
Nur Sabrina IdroseCaroline Jane LodgeRachel Louise PetersJo A DouglassJennifer J KoplinAdrian J LoweKirsten P PerrettMimi L K TangEd J NewbiginMichael J AbramsonBircan ErbasDon VicendeseShyamali Chandrika DharmagePublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2022)
Increasing grass pollen concentration was associated with increased risk of food SPT reactivity and eczema flares in children. The associations in peanut-allergic infants may be related to immune activation and/or peanut and grass pollen cross-reactivity leading to a lower reaction threshold.