title: [Baking ingredients as a contributory cause of baker's asthma].
abstract: 140 bakers with occupation-related asthma symptoms and/or rhinoconjunctivitis were tested for specific IgE antibodies against various enzyme-containing baking components. 5-24% of subjects were sensitive to several carbohydrate-splitting enzymes obtained from mould fungi (amyloglucosidase, hemicellulase and alpha-amylase), as well as/or against soya flour. But allergies against the proteolytic enzymes papain and B. subtilis protease were rare (about 1%). These results indicate that various baking components, especially mould enzymes, play a not insignificant role in the causation of baker's asthma.
authors.affiliation: Pneumologische Abteilung, Universität München.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Baur
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fruhmann
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kimm
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ulmer
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mezger
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Woitowitz
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Steurich
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004798:Enzymes / Q000276:immunology; D005511:Food Handling; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013025:Glycine max / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D004798:Enzymes; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: Backmittel als Mitursache des Bäckerasthmas.