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  • Title: [The estimation of treatment of Hymenoptera venoms allergy in children].
    Author: Botulińska E, Piotrowska T, Korol D, Swiebocka E, Hofman J.
    Journal: Pol Merkur Lekarski; 2006 Sep; 21(123):232-4. PubMed ID: 17163183.
    Abstract:
    Specific immunotherapy in patients hypersensitive to Hymenoptera venom is effective method of preventing from severe adverse events after wasp or honey bee sting. In children very often the conventional method was used. In this method injections of vaccines in rising doses was repeated in intervals of 7 days during 3 or 4 months. After obtaining the dose of 100 microg/ml the maintenance therapy is continued during 3-5 years with prolongation of time between vaccine injection to 4-5 weeks. In this paper the "rush" method of immunotherapy was described. Using this method the maintenance dose of vaccine can obtained after 5 days therapy using 3 to 5 concentrations of vaccines during one day. The preliminary effects in 10 children showed that it is safe method and except one children who have the local manifestation of oedema did not observed adverse effects. The efficacy of sting immunotherapy was documented by presentation the 31 cases of children treated by conventional method. The immunotherapy in a short time after "rush" method in our opinion make progress in this treatment.
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