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Table 1.

Patient’s clinical follow-up: treatment (diet and medications) and inflammatory markers (FCP)

Month	Diet	Drugs	FCP (µg/g)	Notes
0	EEN: polymeric formula	Prednisone, mesalazine, azathioprine	Baseline > 2,100 After EEN = 185	Purpuric rash with azathioprine
4	Polymeric formula + food group 1*	Prednisolone, methotrexate	> 2,100	Greenish and abundant stools
5	Elemental formula + food group 1	Prednisolone, methotrexate	< 50	Yellow, normal stools
10	Elemental formula + food group 1 + food group 2**	Prednisolone, methotrexate	60	Asymptomatic
13	Elemental formula + food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3***	Prednisolone, methotrexate	38	Asymptomatic
15	Elemental formula + food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3 + fish + egg (egg-yolk and egg-white)	Methotrexate	223	Vomit, mild constipation
16	Elemental formula + food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3 + turkey (fish and egg removed)	Methotrexate	13	Asymptomatic
22	Elemental formula + food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3 + turkey + egg-white (fish and egg-yolk removed)	Methotrexate	32	Asymptomatic
26	Food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3 + turkey + egg-white + fish + lamb (egg-yolk removed, elemental formula removed)	Methotrexate	120	Suspected infection
30	Food group 1 + food group 2 + food group 3 + turkey + egg-white + fish + lamb (egg-yolk removed, elemental formula removed)	Methotrexate	33	Asymptomatic

*: food group 1/first SPT: oats, cassava, barley, avocado, banana, pear, apple, and papaya; **: food group 2/second SPT: mandarin, beetroot, melon, orange, strawberry, peach, potato, sweet potato, quinoa, and rice; ***: food group 3/third SPT: broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, cauliflower, onion, garlic, corn, potato, tomato, passion fruit, watermelon, lemon, mango, pineapple, olive (olive oil), wheat. All foods were introduced one at a time after a negative SPT. Eight SPTs were performed in the 30 months of follow-up

Declarations

Author contributions

AMU: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.

Conflicts of interest

The author declares that she has no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The research complies with the Declaration of Helsinki. The publication of the article was authorized by the Ethics and Research Committee of HNERM (authorization no. 86-CE-GHNERM-GRPR-ESSALUD-2023).

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

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Informed consent to publication was obtained from relevant participants.

Availability of data and materials

Datasets generated by this study are available upon request from the author (ana.munoz.u@upch.pe).

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