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  • Title: Airborne occupational allergic contact dermatitis from champignon mushroom.
    Author: Kanerva L, Estlander T, Jolanki R.
    Journal: Am J Contact Dermat; 1998 Sep; 9(3):190-2. PubMed ID: 9744915.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Allergic contact dermatitis from mushrooms has only seldom been reported. OBJECTIVES: We report on a mushroom picker who developed skin symptoms from occupational exposure to the mushroom champignon. METHODS: Conventional patch testing and prick testings were performed. RESULTS: Erythema and vesicular edemic dermatitis appeared around the eyes, on the cheeks, around the nose, and around the lips of a 31-year-old woman who had been involved in the commercial production of champignons for 5 years. Prick testing to champignon was negative, but patch testing with raw champignon provoked a 2+ allergic reaction and was negative in the controls. CONCLUSION: Our patient had been occupationally sensitized from exposure to champignon. The allergen is not known but may be a low-molecularweight chemical or a protein present in the champignon.
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