Occupational asthma due to spores of Pleurotus ostreatus

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-212

  Vereda, A ^a   Quirce, S ^b   Fernandez Nieto M ^b   Bartolome B ^b   Sastre, J ^b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air Sentinel; Occupational asthma; Pleurotus; Specific inhalation challenge

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INHALATION TEST; MALE; MARKET; METHACHOLINE INHALATION TEST; MUSHROOM; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SPAIN;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEUROTUS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33846160521     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01286.x     Document Type: Article

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