tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: " Occupational allergy due to seafood delivery: Case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài:Occupational allergy due to seafood delivery: Case report | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Open Access Occupational allergy due to seafood delivery Case report Cornelia S Seitz Eva B Brocker and Axel Trautmann Address Department of Dermatology Venerology and Allergology University of Wurzburg Wurzburg Germany Email Cornelia S Seitz - seitz_c@ Eva B Brocker - broecker_e@ Axel Trautmann - trautmann_a@ Corresponding author Published 30 May 2008 Received 23 October 2007 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008 3 11 doi 1745-6673-3-11 Accepted 30 May 2008 This article is available from http content 3 1 1 1 2008 Seitz et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Sensitization to fish or crustaceans requires intensive skin contact and or airway exposition and therefore especially workers in the seafood processing industry may develop an occupational seafood allergy. However even in jobs with limited direct exposure individuals with atopic disposition not using appropriate skin protection are at risk for developing occupational seafood allergy which requires termination of employment. Case presentation Due to increasing workload and pressure of time a truck driver in charge of seafood deliveries for 10 years neglected preventive measures such as wearing protective cloths and gloves which resulted in increasing direct skin contact to seafood or mucosal contact to splashing storage ice. Despite his sensitization to fish and crustaceans he tried to remain in his job but with ongoing incidental allergen exposure his symptoms progressed from initial