Occupational asthma in a coal miner

Occupational asthma in coal miners is hardly recognised. A report is presented of a coal miner whose clinical picture suggested a respiratory allergy which occurred only in the mine where he worked. Serum specific IgE levels, skin tests, and bronchial provocation tests with different commercial extr...

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Published in:Thorax 1996-08, Vol.51 (8), p.867-868
Main Authors: Gamboa, P. M., Jáuregui, I., Urrutia, I., Antépara, I., González, G., Múgica, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asthma - immunology
Asthma - microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchial Provocation Tests
Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases
Coal Mining
Humans
Immunoglobulin E - blood
Inorganic dusts (pneumoconiosises) and organic dusts (byssinosis etc.)
Male
Medical sciences
Mucormycosis - diagnosis
Mucormycosis - immunology
Occupational Diseases - immunology
Occupational Diseases - microbiology
Rhizopus
Skin Tests
Toxicology
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Summary:Occupational asthma in coal miners is hardly recognised. A report is presented of a coal miner whose clinical picture suggested a respiratory allergy which occurred only in the mine where he worked. Serum specific IgE levels, skin tests, and bronchial provocation tests with different commercial extracts showed sensitisation to Rhizopus nigricans. Rhizopus spp were found inside the mine, as demonstrated by cultures on petri plates.
ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.51.8.867