Inhalant allergy due to crickets.
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.
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
D007073:Immunoglobulin E