title: Occupational asthma and contact urticaria caused by mukali wood dust (Aningeria robusta).
abstract: Mukali (Aningeria robusta) is an exotic wood from the Sapotaceae family. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman who developed bronchial asthma and contact urticaria after occupational exposure to mukali. A positive immediate response was observed in the skin prick test, bronchial challenge and the rubbing test performed with a mukali wood extract. We suggest that an IgE-mediated immunological mechanism could explain these findings. Our case report identifies another wood dust capable of inducing occupational asthma.
authors.affiliation: Section of Allergy, Hospital General Yagüe, Burgos, Spain.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Garcés Sotillos
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Blanco Carmona
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Juste Picón
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Gastón
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez Giménez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alonso Gil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D004391:Dust; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D004391:Dust