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Cat sensitization provoking asthma and pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia
J Sastre Domínguez1, J Azofra García, J Olaguibel Rivera
1Allergy Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Allergologia Et Immunopathologia
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a patient who developed asthma associated with exposure to cats. During his evolution he presented pulmonary infiltrates accompanied by eosinophilia in blood and sputum, hemoptysis and flu-like symptoms. The sera contained specific IgE and precipitating antibodies to cat epithelium. After a year without contact with cats, precipitating antibodies were negative, and a bronchial provocation test only demonstrated an immediate response.