Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 24 patients with kiwi IgE-mediated hypersensitivity

					Kiwi
No.	Age	Sex	Atopy	Total IgE (kU/mL)	Symptoms	Prick–prick1	DBPCfC	Other food allergies	Pollen
1	33	f	EIA	39	EIA	5	nd	Mustar	Grasses
2	39	f	r, BA	12	U/AE	14	OAS/AE	Mustard peach, nuts, legumes	No
3	16	m	r	361	OAS	10	Negative	Mustard peach, nuts, banana	No
4	21	f	r	50	A	9	nd	Mustard, peach	No
5	31	f	r	49	A	7	nd	Peach, nuts	No
6	16	m	r, BA	221	U/AE	4	OAS/U	Mustard, peach, nuts	Grasses
7	34	m	r, BA	1516	OAS	10	OAS	Mustard, tomato	Grasses
8	27	m	r	322	U/AE	6	Negative	Peach, avocado, nuts	No
9	46	f	r	710	OAS	20	nd	Peach, nuts, corn	Grasses
10	33	m	r, BA	345	OAS	13	OAS	Mustard, peach	Grasses
11	45	f	r, BA	681	OAS	9	OAS	Mustard, nuts	Grasses
12	17	f	r, BA	130	OAS	9	nd	Peach	Grasses
13	16	m	r, BA	113	OAS	10	Negative	Mustard, nuts	No
14	31	f	r	36	A	7	nd	Mustard, peach, corn	Grasses, Betula
15	26	m	r	294	OAS	6	nd	Mustard	No
16	33	f	r	314	A	4	nd	Peach	Grasses
17	32	m	r	596	OAS	7	Negative	Mustard, nuts	No
18	36	m	EIA	23	OAS	12	nd	Rosaceae fruits, nuts	Grasses
19	20	f	r, BA	12	OAS	5	nd	Rosaceae fruits, banana, citric fruits, muskmelon, nuts	Grasses, Artemisia
20	12	f	r	456	OAS	16	nd	Rosaceae fruits, citrus fruits, nuts	Grasses, Platanus, Olea, Plantago
21	21	M	r	234	OAS	8	nd	Rosaceae fruits	Grasses
22	34	f	r	980	OAS	5	nd	Rosaceae fruits	Grasses
23	37	f	r, BA	nd	OAS	6	nd	Rosaceae fruits, nuts	Grasses
24	32	M	r	nd	OAS	9	nd	Rosaceae fruits, muskmelon, banana, mustard, nuts	Grasses, Artemisia

No, patient number; F, female; M, male; EIA, exercise-induced anaphylaxis; R, rhinitis; BA, bronchial asthma; U, urticaria; AE, angioedema; OAS, oral allergy syndrome; A, anaphylaxis; DBPCFC, double-blind placebo controlled food challenge; nd, not done.

¹Result of skin prick test expressed in mm of mean wheal diameter 15 min after puncture, as performed with fresh kiwi.