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Urticaria Associated With Parenteral Nutrition

James S. Scolapio, MD, Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, MS{dagger} and Robert A. Gillham, MD{ddagger}

From the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,{dagger} Department of Pharmacy, and{ddagger} Division of Allergy and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida

Correspondence: James S. Scolapio, MD, 4500 San Pablo Road, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224. Electronic mail may be sent to scolapio.james{at}mayo.edu.

We report a 53-year-old female patient with short bowel syndrome who developed urticaria after administration of cyclic parenteral nutrition (PN). The urticaria occurred 2 hours into the 12-hour nocturnal infusion and resolved completely 1 hour after discontinuation of the PN infusion. The urticaria occurred despite removing lipids from the 3-in-1 PN solution. The urticaria did not occur when the multivitamin preparation was removed from the PN. Upon rechallenge with a PN solution containing a multivitamin, the urticaria reoccurred. Prick skin testing using the multivitamin in increasing aliquots was negative. Serum tryptase and 12-hour urinary histamine level during PN infusion containing the multivitamin was unchanged compared with baseline measurements. The patient had no allergic reaction using a similar dose of an oral multivitamin. This case illustrates that allergic reactions from PN infusion may occur and that the multivitamin preparation can be the cause.

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 29, No. 6, 451-453 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607105029006451
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