PMID- 30474282
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200416
LR  - 20200416
IS  - 1097-0274 (Electronic)
IS  - 0271-3586 (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - Occupational rhinitis, asthma, and contact urticaria from IgE-mediated allergy to 
      pork.
PG  - 80-84
LID - 10.1002/ajim.22921 [doi]
AB  - We describe four cases of slaughterhouse workers with occupational immediate 
      allergy to raw pork allergens, confirmed by positive skin prick testing and 
      specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies. Our first patient was diagnosed with 
      occupational asthma from raw pork allergens. Two patients were diagnosed with 
      occupational rhinitis caused by raw pork allergens, which was confirmed by a 
      nasal provocation test. One of these also had occupational contact urticaria 
      caused by raw pork meat. We were unable to diagnose an occupational respiratory 
      or skin disease in the fourth patient, despite signs of immediate sensitization 
      to raw pork meat from occupational exposure. Based on proper diagnoses, measures 
      to prevent allergen exposure were taken, which led to the improvement of symptoms 
      in these four patients. The present patient cases highlight the importance of 
      recognition of early signs of occupational allergy and identification of 
      causative allergens in order to allow avoidance of allergens, with the aim of 
      preventing persistence and worsening of symptoms.
CI  - (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Jungewelter, Soile
AU  - Jungewelter S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3592-1072
AD  - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Airaksinen, Liisa
AU  - Airaksinen L
AD  - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland.
FAU - Pesonen, Maria
AU  - Pesonen M
AD  - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland.
LA  - eng
GR  - None./International
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20181125
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Ind Med
JT  - American journal of industrial medicine
JID - 8101110
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Abattoirs
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - Asthma/diagnosis
MH  - Asthma, Occupational/diagnosis
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Diseases/*diagnosis/immunology/prevention & control
MH  - Occupational Exposure/*adverse effects/prevention & control
MH  - Red Meat
MH  - Rhinitis/diagnosis
MH  - Skin Tests
MH  - Swine
MH  - Urticaria/diagnosis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - immediate allergy
OT  - nasal provocation test
OT  - pork meat
OT  - skin prick test
OT  - slaughterhouse work
EDAT- 2018/11/27 06:00
MHDA- 2020/04/17 06:00
CRDT- 2018/11/27 06:00
PHST- 2018/11/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/11/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/04/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/11/27 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/ajim.22921 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Ind Med. 2019 Jan;62(1):80-84. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22921. Epub 2018 Nov 25.