Oral mite anaphylaxis by Thyreophagus entomophagus in a child: a case report

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Oral mite anaphylaxis by Thyreophagus entomophagus in a child: a case report

Javier Iglesias-Souto¹ , Inmaculada Sánchez-Machín¹ , Víctor Iraola² , Paloma Poza¹ , Ruperto González¹ and Víctor Matheu¹^,3^,4

¹Consulta de Alergia Infantil, Allergy Service, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, S/C Tenerife, Spain

²LETI, S.L., R & D Department, Madrid, Spain

³Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario NS Candelaria, S/C Tenerife, Spain

⁴Department of Clinical Sciences-Division IV, Lund University, Sweden

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Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2009, 7:10doi:10.1186/1476-7961-7-10


Published:	25 November 2009

Abstract

Sensitization to Thyreophagus entomophagus, a storage mite, is uncommon and might produce occupational respiratory disorders in farmers. We present the first case of a child suffering anaphylaxis produced by ingestion of contaminated flour with Thyreophagus entomophagus.