Latex allergy is now an important medical, occupational, medico-legal and financial problem, and it is essential that policies are developed to reduce it. Undiagnosed latex allergy is potentially very serious for patients. This article briefly overviews latex allergy with emphasis on the practical ...
Turjanmaa K.Natural rubber latex allergy:Clinical manifestations (including contact dermatitis) and diagnosis. Revue Franlise d’’Allergologie et d’’Immunologie Clinique . 1997Natural rubber latex allergy: Clinical manifestations (including contact dermatitis) and diagnosis. Revue Fran莽aise d'...
Increasingly, patients with rubber latex allergy are being seen in dental offices. Health care workers, persons allergic to certain foods and those with certain medical histories are potentially latex-sensitive. This article presents the case of a patient with a history of severe rubber latex ...
Immediate, IgE-mediated allergy to natural rubber latex has recently been found to be responsible for contact and generalized urticaria, protein contact dermatitis, rhinitis, asthma and even fatal anaphylactic reactions. The proteins present in latex from the rubber tree (Hevea brasillensis) can still...
However, products made from Hevea latex are responsible for causing allergies affecting an increasing number of people world-wide. In this paper we test the hypothesis that latex allergy can be circumvented by using rubber of low hypoallergenicity from other species. We also report studies to ...
RESULTS: The most common clinical presentation of latex allergy is a nonimmunologic, irritant dermatitis of the hand. Contact dermatitis (type IV delayed hypersensitivity reactions to rubber additives) is the most common immunologic manifestation of latex rubber allergy. Type I allergic responses are ...
Fifty-three glove-allergic patients, 35 with immediate allergy to latex (natural rubber) and 18 with previously verified delayed allergy to rubber chemicals, were examined in order to determine the concomitant occurrence of these allergies. Of latex-allergic patients, 5/35 (14%) showed positive pa...
Presents a case report of anaphylaxis to natural rubber latex in a girl with food allergy. Similarities in the protein content between natural rubber and s... Llatser,Rafel,Zambrano,... - 《Pediatrics》 被引量: 5发表: 1994年 Allergy to latex rubber. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the clinical ...
Allergy to products of natural rubber latex, both type I and type IV hypersensitivity, is increasingly being reported over the past two decades. It has been recognized as a problem facing health workers in particular, who frequently use natural rubber products such as surgical gloves. Proliferation...
Natural Rubber Latex Sensitisation and Allergy in Patients with Spina Bifida, Urogenital Disorders and Oesophageal Atresia Compared with a Normal Paediatric Population: Cremer R, Lorbacher M, Hering F, et al (Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Cologne, Germany) Eur J Pediatr Surg 17:194-198, ...