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Case report of occupational asthma due to palisander wood dust and bronchoprovocation challenge by inhalation of pure wood dust from a capsule
Author(s) -
GodničCvar Jasminka,
Gomzi Milica
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700180504
Subject(s) - medicine , inhalation , asthma , occupational asthma , occupational medicine , occupational exposure , dermatology , environmental health , anesthesia , immunology
Occupational asthma due to exposure to exotic wood dust and to rosewood ( Dalbergia family) has been reported earlier. This paper deals with a case of occupational asthma due to palisander wood dust ( Dalbergia nigra ) in a joiner who sanded and polished parts of musical instruments. The causal relationship was confirmed by a positive skin reaction to an allergenic preparation and a positive nonimmediate, late asthmatic reaction after inhalation challenge testing with pure palisander wood dust. A method of bron‐choprovocation testing with an occupational allergen is presented. It proved to be a practical and advantageous method in its simplicity and single‐blind application of placebo. It should, however, be used with great caution, in well‐chosen cases in whom nonspecific bronchial reactivity is proved or recorded to be in normal ranges.