Five patients (4 men and 1 woman) afflicted with bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) were examined. The main criteria for the diagnosis were a high level of the total IgE, demonstration of specific IgE to Aspergillus fumigatus, positive skin tests with antigens of moldy fungi. All the 4 patients with active process, not given corticosteroids, manifested eosinophilia of the sputum and peripheral blood. The clinical picture of bronchial asthma was recorded in 2 patients. It is desirable that all the patients with protracted and relapsing infiltrative processes in the lungs running with sputum and blood eosinophilia undergo examinations for the presence of ABPA.
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Arch Environ Occup Health
January 2025
Department of Oral Epidemiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima-city, Hiroshima, Japan.
We report a case of an industrial homeworker diagnosed with allergic contact dermatitis by UV-curing acrylic resin for crafts. Approximately 2 months after a female in her 40s started producing handicrafts using resin, itchy desquamative erythema and vesicles occurred on her eyelids and palms. The course of the symptoms suggested that her dermatitis was occupational origin.
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February 2025
College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, China. Electronic address:
The study aimed to investigate the stability and anti-allergic efficacy of phycocyanin through the construction of microcapsules. Phycocyanin (PC), a blue pigment found in microalgae, has attracted significant attention due to its anti-allergic properties. However, it is susceptible to instability when exposed to light, heat, and changes in pH.
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January 2025
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Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, University Medical Center "Zvezdara", Belgrade, Serbia.
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