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This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of BAT for CMA and identifies factors associated with non-interpretable results.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2026-0079_abs_002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We carried out a single-center retrospective observational study in 59 children with a documented history of cow\u2019s milk reactions. Clinical status at the time of BAT was determined using oral food challenges (OFCs), skin prick tests, and specific IgE (sIgE) levels. ROC analyses were conducted to assess the diagnostic performance of BAT parameters and sIgE levels.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2026-0079_abs_003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We analyzed 65 BAT evaluations performed in 59 children. Only 41 of 65 BATs were interpretable. Among these, BAT showed excellent diagnostic accuracy, with AUROCs of 0.89 for CDmax and 0.89 for BAT-AUC, outperforming sIgE for predicting milk-tolerant or milk-reactive patient. However, 37\u202f% of BATs were non-contributive due to elevated spontaneous activation, affecting 73\u202f% of clinically reactive children. Non-contributive BATs were associated with elevated bovine serum albumin (BSA)-sIgE levels and \u03b2-lactoglobulin-sIgE. BSA-sIgE demonstrated the highest ability to predict BAT interpretability (AUROC 0.91). A threshold &lt;0.25\u202fkU\n                      <jats:sub>A<\/jats:sub>\n                      \/L identified patients likely to have an interpretable BAT (NPV 95\u202f%), whereas levels &gt;10.8\u202fkU\n                      <jats:sub>A<\/jats:sub>\n                      \/L predicted BAT failure with 100\u202f% PPV.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_cclm-2026-0079_abs_004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BAT has high diagnostic accuracy for CMA when interpretable but is frequently limited by spontaneous activation in highly sensitized children. sIgE thresholds \u2013 particularly BSA-sIgE \u2013 may help identify patients in whom BAT can be reliably used, supporting more targeted integration of BAT into clinical practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/cclm-2026-0079","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]],"date-time":"2026-04-21T16:00:16Z","timestamp":1776787216000},"page":"1807-1816","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["High albumin sensitization drives uninterpretable basophil activation tests in cow\u2019s milk allergy"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"64","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9315-0010","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjamin","family":"Bonnet","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Service d\u2019Immunologie , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"},{"name":"Laboratoire d\u2019Immunologie, ECREIN, UMR 1019, Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine de Clermont-Ferrand, Universit\u00e9 Clermont Auvergne , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elise","family":"Tolmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service d\u2019Immunologie , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"},{"name":"Laboratoire d\u2019Immunologie, ECREIN, UMR 1019, Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine de Clermont-Ferrand, Universit\u00e9 Clermont Auvergne , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brice","family":"Pascal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit\u00e9 d\u2019allergologie p\u00e9diatrique , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marine","family":"Godignon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service d\u2019Immunologie , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marion","family":"Raveau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit\u00e9 d\u2019allergologie p\u00e9diatrique , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elodie","family":"Michaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit\u00e9 d\u2019allergologie p\u00e9diatrique , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bertrand","family":"Evrard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service d\u2019Immunologie , 55174 CHU Clermont-Ferrand , Clermont-Ferrand , France"},{"name":"Laboratoire d\u2019Immunologie, ECREIN, UMR 1019, Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine de Clermont-Ferrand, Universit\u00e9 Clermont Auvergne , Clermont-Ferrand , France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026070213034363886_j_cclm-2026-0079_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Flom, JD, Sicherer, SH. 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