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Occupational contact urticaria and rhinoconjunctivitis from dog's milk in a veterinarian.

Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Unit of Dermatology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Contact Dermatitis (impact factor: 3.51). 04/2007; 56(3):169-71. DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01029.x pp.169-71
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ABSTRACT We report the case of a 46-year-old veterinarian who developed rhinoconjunctivitis and contact urticaria (CU) on his hands and forearms after contact with dog's milk. Prick tests results revealed a positive reactions to Parietaria pollens, Dermatophagoides farinae and D.pteronyssinus, dander of cat, grass, olive (+++), and to undiluted dog's milk (++++). Control prick tests with dog's milk performed in 5 healthy veterinarians were negative. We consider it important to take into account the possibility that dog's milk may be the aetiological agent of CU in veterinarians.

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Keywords

46-year-old veterinarian
 
5 healthy veterinarians
 
aetiological agent
 
contact urticaria
 
Control prick tests
 
D.pteronyssinus
 
dog's milk
 
hands
 
olive
 
Parietaria pollens
 
Prick tests results
 
undiluted dog's milk
 

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