title: [Diagnostic study of 5 cases of allergic asthma due to sensitization to silk allergens in textile workers from the Prato area].
abstract: Five cases of allergic asthma due to sensitivity to silk allergens have been studied. All the patients worked in the Prato textile industry. The presence of specific antibodies against extracts of silk has been shown by the direct RAST and confirmed by the indirect RAST. The onset of the symptoms, with regard to the various stages in the processing of silk, leads one to assume that the allergen involved is sericin.
authors: Laboratorio di analisi chimico-cliniche e microbiologiche, Presidio Ospedaliero, U.S.L. 9, Prato, Firenze.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Cosmi
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Schiatti
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Ignesti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D019476:Insect Proteins; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000276:immunology; D011506:Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D047030:Sericins; D047011:Silk; D012882:Skin Tests; D013783:Textile Industry; D013784:Textiles
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D019476:Insect Proteins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D011506:Proteins; D047030:Sericins; D047011:Silk; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
vernacular_title: Indagine diagnostica in 5 casi di asma allergico da sensibilizzazione ad allergeni della seta in lavoratori tessili dell'area pratese.