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[Latex allergy prevalence and atopy in 1300 health care workers]
Lidia Proietti1, Gaetano Gueli, Giandomenico La Rocca
1Medicina Interna e Patologie Sistemiche, Università, Catania. proietti@unict.it
Abstract:
The aim of our research was to evaluate the latex allergy prevalence in 1300 health care workers by means of a self-administered questionnaire, clinical evaluation and specific allergological tests to confirm this condition. The results showed that all the questionnaire were completed, 60 subjects reported work-related symptoms, and 35 subjects out of 60 had latex allergy, 2.7% out of 1300 workers, lower than others studies, all 35 subjects were also atopic. This study confirms that the atopy is an important risk for the development of latex allergy.
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