ABSTRACT

Food allergies and food intolerance including celiac disease and infantile food proteininduced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) are a growing concern in the industrialized countries where the percentage of the population that exhibit clinical food allergies has increased rapidly over the past few decades (Branum and Lukacs 2008). Food allergies are often manifested by an escalating series of responses to allergen challenge, beginning with mild atopic reaction, then after repeated exposure the patient may escalate to intense reactions culminating in a risk of fatal anaphylaxis.