title: [A case of semi-delayed hypersensitivity to dry sausage dust].
abstract: The authors record a case of semi-delayed hypersensitivity to sausage dust in an employee of a wholesale pork butcher and curing business. The symptoms combined cough and fever with rigors; there were no clinical or laboratory data to suggest alveolar disease. The immunoallergic "work-up" suggested a precipitin mediated disease with notably 10-14 precipitation arcs to the products of sausage sweepings. A microbiological analysis of the flora of the sausages, as well as an extensive search for precipitins and cutaneous tests have not enabled us to confirm the antigen responsible with certainty.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de Besançon.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dalphin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saugier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Depierre
mesh_terms: D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000209:etiology*; D008460:Meat / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008461:Meat Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D004391:Dust
vernacular_title: Un cas d'hypersensibilité semi-retardée à la poussière de saucisson sec.