Efficacy of a 4-Food Elimination Diet for Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis

• Published in: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. 1698 - 1707.e7
• Main Authors: Kagalwalla, Amir F., Wechsler, Joshua B., Amsden, Katie, Schwartz, Sally, Makhija, Melanie, Olive, Anthony, Davis, Carla M., Manuel-Rubio, Maria, Marcus, Seth, Shaykin, Ronda, Sulkowski, Maureen, Johnson, Kristen, Ross, Jessica N., Riffle, Mary Ellen, Groetch, Marion, Melin-Aldana, Hector, Schady, Deborah, Palac, Hannah, Kim, Kwan-Youn A., Wershil, Barry K., Collins, Margaret H., Chehade, Mirna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Animals; Biopsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Diet Therapy - methods; Endoscopy, Digestive System; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - pathology; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - therapy; Esophagus; Female; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Histocytochemistry; Humans; Infant; Inflammation; Male; Prospective Studies; SFED; Treatment Outcome; Trial; sIgE; Trial; EGD; OR; CI; Inflammation; Esophagus; eos/hpf; SFED; SPT; EoE; BMI; FFED; 6-food elimination diet; body mass index; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; odds ratio; 4-food elimination diet; eosinophils per high power field; eosinophilic esophagitis; confidence interval; skin prick test; serum-specific IgE

A 6-food elimination diet induces remission in most children and adults with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). The effectiveness of empiric elimination of only 4 foods has not been studied in children. We performed a prospective observational outcome study in children with EoE treated with dietary exc...