Erratum to: Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol (2016) 12:44 DOI 10.1186/s13223-016-0150-0
After publication of the original article [1], the author noticed that there are some error with Table 3 and Fig. 1. The corrected Table 3 and Fig. 1 is given in this erratum. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Table 3.
The rate of desensitization and 2-weeks-sustained unresponsiveness for cow’s milk allergy in the oral immunotherapy group and the untreated group
| OIT (N = 31) | Untreated group (N = 17) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Desensitization | Two-weeks-sustained unresponsiveness | Pass OFC | |
| At 1-year follow-up | 14/31 (45 %)*, # | 7/31 (21 %)**, ## | 0/17 (0 %)*,**, a |
| At 2-year follow-up | 18/30 (60 %)# | 14/30 (47 %)## | |
| At 3-year follow-up | 21/30 (70 %) | 16/30 (53 %) | |
| At 4-year follow-up | 17/20 (85 %) | 14/20 (70 %) | |
OIT oral immunotherapy, OFC open food challenge
* P = 0.002 by Fisher’s exact test
** P = 0.036 by Fisher’s exact test
# P = 0.025 by Wilcoxon signed rank test
## P = 0.008 by Wilcoxon signed rank test
aPatients in untreated groups continued complete elimination of cow’s milk and a year later were performed open food challenge using fresh cow’s milk was performed
Fig. 1.

Study enrollment and outcomes of OIT oral immunotherapy with CM cow’s milk. (Hash) After the achievement of 2-weeks-sustained unresponsiveness, the patients are followed for 2–3 year and they are able to ingest CM and CM products freely without any adverse events. OFC open food challenge
Footnotes
The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13223-016-0150-0.
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Reference
- 1.Takahashi M, Taniuchi S, Soejima K, Hatano Y, Yamanouchi S, Kaneko K, et al. Two-weeks-sustained unresponsiveness by oral immunotherapy using microwave heated cow’s milk for children with cow’s milk allergy. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2016;12:44. doi: 10.1186/s13223-016-0150-0. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
