TY - JOUR
AU - Sturm, Gunter
AB - Editorial Published online: April 21, 2010 Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2010;153:107–108 DOI: 10.1159/000312627 Bees and Wasps May Be Dangerous, but Who Is at Risk? Werner Aberer Gunter Sturm Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz , Austria A nybody, even a non-allergic individual, may die of a zation, the severity of the preceding reaction, age, a his- supraglottic bee or wasp sting. Fortunately, this is a rare tory of cardiovascular disease and  -blocker treatment, event. Allergic patients, however, are at considerably the insect itself, elevated serum tryptase levels and mas- higher risk. In the United States alone, insect sting aller- tocytosis. Recently, serum platelet-activating factor levels gies cause an estimated 50 fatal reactions every year, and were found to be directly correlated with the severity of this figure is most likely an underestimation of the ac- anaphylaxis, while an inverse correlation was noted for tual frequency [1] . In up to 7.5% of the adult population, serum platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase activity a systemic anaphylactic sting reaction has been reported [7 ] . However, none of these risk factors helps to reliably [2] . Most allergists, and even more general practitioners, predict the severity of a future sting reaction in 
TI - Bees and Wasps May Be Dangerous, but Who Is at Risk?
JO - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
DO - 10.1159/000312627
DA - 2010-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/karger/bees-and-wasps-may-be-dangerous-but-who-is-at-risk-hv8XR0KFOO
SP - 107
EP - 108
VL - 153
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
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