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Occupational asthma in the confectionary industry caused by sensitivity to egg
J G Blanco Carmona1, S Juste Picón, M Garcés Sotillos
1Sección de Alergología, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain.
Allergy
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report on a patient with asthma induced by occupational exposure to egg used to spray cakes before baking. A type I hypersensitivity to egg white was demonstrated by means of skin test, immunoassay for specific IgE, and immediate bronchial provocation test response to an egg white extract.