Anaphylaxis provoked by ingestion of marshmallows containing fish gelatin

Kuehn, Annette PhD
Hilger, Christiane PhD
Hentges, François MD

^aLaboratory of Immunogenetics and Allergology, CRP-Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
^bUnit of Immunology and Allergology, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Available online January 29, 2009.

Supported by grant no. FNR/03/07/03, SECAL Project I and II of the Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: A. Kuehn and F. Hentges are employees of CRP-Santé and have received research funding from the Ministry of Research (Luxembourg). C. Hilger declares that she has no conflict of interest.

Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 123(3):p 708-709, March 2009.

The authors report the first case of IgE-mediated food-induced anaphylaxis caused by fish gelatin. For patients with fish allergy, testing with fish gelatin should be included in the diagnostic workup.