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April 7, 2026Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Basophil activation test in food allergy: where are we now?

Malgorzata Niegowska Rocco Luigi Valluzzi Stefania Arasi

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Key Points

Evaluate the current state of the basophil activation test in food allergy diagnosis and its implications for clinical practice.
Assessment of diagnostic accuracy of BAT for food allergy.
Comparison of BAT with oral food challenges (OFC).
Review of existing protocols and proposed improvements.
BAT can increase diagnostic certainty for food allergies.
Broader use of BAT may reduce reliance on OFC in certain situations.
Need for standardized protocols and multicentre validation for effective BAT implementation.

Implication

This analysis reviews the basophil activation test's role in food allergy diagnosis, highlighting the need for standardized protocols and validation.

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Niegowska et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d896566c1944d70ce07a53 https://doi.org/10.1097/aci.0000000000001151

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