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Measuring Local Anaphylaxis in Mice
Published on: October 14, 2014
Latex anaphylaxis caused by a Swan-Ganz catheter
Kiyoshi Sekiya1, Kentaro Watai, Masami Taniguchi
1Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Japan. k-sekiya@sagamihara-hosp.gr.jp
Abstract:
A 78-year-old woman visited the division of cardiovascular disease in our hospital. She underwent a cardiac catheter examination, and a Swan-Ganz catheter was inserted. Several minutes later, she developed anaphylactic shock. She had no past history of latex allergy, but did have a banana allergy. Skin prick tests showed a positive reaction to an extract of latex gloves and an extract of the balloon of a Swan-Ganz catheter. Anaphylactic shock caused by the latex balloon of a Swan-Ganz catheter was diagnosed. It is necessary to pay attention to not only latex allergy but also fruit allergies with a cross-reactivity to latex.
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