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Delayed asthmatic response to inhalant allergen: cantharidine beetle, case report
Author(s) -
ME M. P. S.,
DAS A. K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1977.tb01464.x
Subject(s) - provocation test , allergen , medicine , inhalation , intoxicative inhalant , asthma , allergy , corticosteroid , immunology , anesthesia , toxicology , biology , pathology , alternative medicine
Summary A case history of an asthmatic patient who developed delayed responses to intradermal and inhalation provocation tests with whole body allergen of a common beetle (cantharidine) is presented. The response was maximal at 48 hr after the test and it took almost a week for complete resolution. Prior administration of sodium cromoglycate failed to inhibit this response, whereas corticosteroid treatment completely inhibited it. An asthmatic response which appears 48 h after inhalation challenge with an insect allergen is a new variety and the mechanism needs study.