Gamboa P M, Jáuregui I, Urrutia I, Antépara I, González G, Múgica V
Secclón de Alergia, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
Thorax. 1996 Aug;51(8):867-8. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.8.867.
Occupational asthma in coal miners is hardly recognised. A report is presented of a coal miner whose clinical picture suggested a respiratory allergy which occurred only in the mine where he worked. Serum specific IgE levels, skin tests, and bronchial provocation tests with different commercial extracts showed sensitisation to Rhizopus nigricans. Rhizopus spp were found inside the mine, as demonstrated by cultures on petri plates.
煤矿工人的职业性哮喘很难被识别。本文报告了一名煤矿工人,其临床表现提示存在仅在其工作矿井中发生的呼吸道过敏。血清特异性IgE水平、皮肤试验以及使用不同商业提取物进行的支气管激发试验均显示对黑根霉致敏。通过在培养皿上培养证明,矿井内发现了根霉属真菌。