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Is omalizumab an option for a patient needing a specific antibiotic with an IgE-mediated reaction who continues to have reactions during a desensitization?
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Allergy & Immunology · Scripps Clinic Medical Group
Omalizumab is FDA-approved for Asthma, Chronic spontaneous urticaria, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis, and food allergy. It is a monoclonal antibody directed at IgE which will deplete circulating IgE and thus specific IgE on the mast cell and basophils will decrease. There is also likely...