Angora Wool Asthma in Textile Industry
Joint Authors
Sartorelli, Pietro
Paolucci, Valentina
Nuti, Roberta
Romeo, Riccardo
Coppola, Giuseppina
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Up to now the exposures to hair and skin derivatives of animals have not yet been the subject of systematic studies.
The observation of a clinical case has provided the opportunity for a review of the literature.
The inpatient was a 49-year-old man, a carder in a textile factory, exposed to angora wool.
He noticed the appearance of dyspnea during working hours.
There was no eosinophilia in blood, and the results of pulmonary function tests were normal.
The nonspecific bronchial provocation test with methacholine demonstrated an abnormal bronchial reactivity.
The challenge test with angora wool was positive (decrease in FEV1 of more than 40%) as well as total IGE and specific IgE to rabbit epithelium (433 KU/l and 12.1 KUA/l, resp.).
Several sources of allergens were found in the rabbit, and the main allergen was represented by proteins from epithelia, urine, and saliva.
Most of these proteins belong to the family of lipocalin, they function as carriers for small hydrophobic molecules (vitamins and pheromones).
If the diagnosis of occupational asthma caused by animal hair and skin derivatives may be relatively easy by means of the challenge test, defining etiology is complicated because of the lack of in vitro tests.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sartorelli, Pietro& Romeo, Riccardo& Coppola, Giuseppina& Nuti, Roberta& Paolucci, Valentina. 2012. Angora Wool Asthma in Textile Industry. Case Reports in Immunology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sartorelli, Pietro…[et al.]. Angora Wool Asthma in Textile Industry. Case Reports in Immunology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sartorelli, Pietro& Romeo, Riccardo& Coppola, Giuseppina& Nuti, Roberta& Paolucci, Valentina. Angora Wool Asthma in Textile Industry. Case Reports in Immunology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-3.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-465604