[Diagnosis of drug allergy under industrial conditions]

A regular medical examination of 234 workers at a chemical pharmaceutical factory was performed. Skin rash, rhinitis and bronchospasm were detected in 7.3% of the examinees. A microthermal method was applied to 69 workers engaged in antibiotic production. In 26% the results were conditionally positive, in 7.6%--sharply positive. Preclinical diagnosis of drug allergy under occupational conditions made it possible to consider properly the problems of effective employment of the workers preserving their working capacity.