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<p>A single-arm study was conducted with 10 children aged 2–12 years with severe cow's milk allergy (CMA) requiring complete allergen elimination. Subjects were administered kestose, a prebiotic, at 1 or 2 g/day for 12 weeks. Results of a subsequent oral food challenge (OFC) showed a statistically significant increase in the total dose of cow's milk ingestion (1.6 ml vs. 2.7 ml, <italic>p</italic> = 0.041). However, the overall evaluation of the OFC results, TS/Pro (total score of Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA)/cumulative dose of protein), showed no statistically significant improvement, although the values were nominally improved in seven out of 10 subjects. The 16S rDNA analysis of fecal samples collected from the subjects revealed a statistically significant increase in the proportion of <italic>Faecalibacterium</italic> spp. (3.8 % vs. 6.8%, <italic>p</italic> = 0.013), a type of intestinal bacterium that has been reported to be associated with food allergy. However, no statistically significant correlation was found between <italic>Faecalibacterium</italic> spp. abundance and the results of the OFC.
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A single-arm study was conducted with 10 children aged 2–12 years with severe cow's milk allergy (CMA) requiring complete allergen elimination. Subjects were administered kestose, a prebiotic, at 1 or 2 g/day for 12 weeks. Results of a subsequent oral food challenge (OFC) showed a statistically significant increase in the total dose of cow's milk ingestion (1.6 ml vs. 2.7 ml, p = 0.041). However, the overall evaluation of the OFC results, TS/Pro (total score of Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA)/cumulative dose of protein), showed no statistically significant improvement, although the values were nominally improved in seven out of 10 subjects. The 16S rDNA analysis of fecal samples collected from the subjects revealed a statistically significant increase in the proportion of Faecalibacterium spp. (3.8 % vs. 6.8%, p = 0.013), a type of intestinal bacterium that has been reported to be associated with food allergy. However, no statistically significant correlation was found between Faecalibacterium spp. abundance and the results of the OFC.

Kestose Increases the Relative Abundance of <italic>Faecalibacterium</italic> spp. and Nominally Increases Cow Milk Tolerant Dose in Children with Cow's Milk Allergy – Preliminary Results

Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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Kestose Increases the Relative Abundance of  spp. and Nominally Increases Cow Milk Tolerant Dose in Children with Cow's Milk Allergy – Preliminary Results

A single-arm study was conducted with 10 children aged 2–12 years with severe cow's milk allergy (CMA) requiring complete allergen elimination. Subjects were...

Kestose Increases the Relative Abundance of Faecalibacterium spp. and Nominally Increases Cow Milk Tolerant Dose in Children with Cow's Milk Allergy – Preliminary Results

Article Category: Original Paper

Published Online: Sep 20, 2023

Page range: 299 - 306

Received: Mar 24, 2023

Accepted: Jun 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-030

Keywords
cow's milk allergy, gut microbiota, Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA), kestose,

© 2023 Shohei Kubota et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Kestose Increases the Relative Abundance of Faecalibacterium spp. and Nominally Increases Cow Milk Tolerant Dose in Children with Cow's Milk Allergy – Preliminary Results

Article Category: Original Paper

Published Online: Sep 20, 2023

Page range: 299 - 306

Received: Mar 24, 2023

Accepted: Jun 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-030

Keywordscow's milk allergy, gut microbiota, Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA), kestose,

© 2023 Shohei Kubota et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
cow's milk allergy, gut microbiota, Anaphylaxis Scoring Aichi (ASCA), kestose,