title: Inhalant allergy due to crickets.
abstract: Two employees developed allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma which was occupationally related to raising crickets. Skin tests, bronchial challenge, radioallergosorbent test (RAST), in vitro histamine release and a passive transfer test supported the presence of type I hypersensitivity to cricket allergens. Skin tests of other employees and patients of an allergy clinic suggested that cricket emanations are potent allergens.
mesh_terms: D000918:Antibody Specificity; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D009987:Orthoptera; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E