Dr. Susan M. Tarlo graduated from the Medical School of the London University, England, in 1969. She did post-graduate training in internal medicine at Westminster and Bromptom hospitals in the UK and residencies in allergy and clinical immunology and respiratory medicine at Queen’s University and McMaster University in Ontario. She joined the University of Toronto faculty in 1977 and currently...

Few published reports have described occupational contact dermatitis from proton pump inhibitor (PPI) exposure in the literature. We present an additional case of a 58-year-old male pharmaceutical worker with an occupational airborne allergic contact dermatitis to PPIs confirmed by patch testing. This is a novel report of workplace exposure to dexlansoprazole and esomeprazole PPIs with resultan...

BACKGROUND Employees in strawberry greenhouses are highly exposed to several (potential) allergenic agents. However, no occupational allergy in this branch has been described before. First, the presence of work-related allergic symptoms in strawberry workers was explored. Second, we aimed to prove the concept that an IgE-mediated allergy could be responsible for work-related symptoms. To test t...

Background Contact urticaria in atopic patients was described by Hannuksela [1], among others, in 1980. It generally appears within 30 min of allergen contact and, in the majority of cases, is restricted to the areas of contact; however, local spread and generalized urticaria in the sense of anaphylaxis are seen. Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma may also subsequently occur [2]. Von Krogh...

AIMS To examine the relation between the psychosocial work environment and the perceived indoor air problems measured by a questionnaire survey; and to discuss the role of a questionnaire as a means to enhance collaboration in the challenging multiprofessional process of solving indoor air problems. METHODS The research material comprises surveys conducted in 1996-99 in 122 office workplaces ...

latex allergy has become an occupational hazard among healthcare workers. atopy, intensity and duration of exposure have been recognized as predisposing factors for latex sensitization. frequency of sensitization varies among countries. so we decided to investigate the prevalence of latex sensitization and potential risk factors among healthcare workers in a general hospital. in a cross section...

Although most cases of food allergy are related to food ingestion, occupational exposure to foods by contact or inhalation may also lead to adverse reactions, inducing contact urticaria or dermatitis, asthma, rhinitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and anaphylaxis. Almost 10–25% of cases of allergic occupational asthma and rhinitis are due to food products. Animal and vegetal highmolecular weig...

Occupational exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients can cause adverse health effects, particularly in personnel working with potent compounds such as steroids or those with the capacity to cause cumulative damage, such as antineoplastic drugs and antibiotics (1). Although omeprazole and other proton pump inhibitors are potentially sensitizing, occupationally acquired cases are rare (2, 3...

Contact dermatitis of hands is frequent among bakers and, as in other subjects doing ‘wet work’ and/or exposed to powders, is classically irritant in origin (1). This often results in allergic causes being overlooked and, consequently, not investigated adequately, despite the multiple potential allergens in the workplace. We present a case of occupational hand eczema caused by a well-known and ...

OBJECTIVES To study snow crab sensitization, occupational allergy and asthma in the snow crab industry in Greenland, as high rates have been found in Canada, but no reports have emerged from the same industry in Greenland. STUDY DESIGN Pilot survey. METHODS Twenty workers (19 of Inuit and 1 of other origin) in a snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) and Atlantic shrimp (Pandalus borealis) process...