title: [Allergy and professional exposure to sulfur compounds: questions posed].
abstract: We present here four cases of respiratory diseases which may be due to the exposition or to the handling of sulfur derivatives due to their professional activity. The responsibility of these compounds stands on the clinical history, biological cellular tests and for one of them on the evolution under a metabisulfite-free diet and a positive oral provocation test at 5 mg. The present economical crisis makes the patient-clinician relationship difficult, due to patients' wishing to hide their pathologies or their professional activities.
authors.affiliation: Département de pneumologie, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sainte-Laudy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nasr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications; D005520:Food Preservatives / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010209:Paper; D010781:Photography; D011327:Printing; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013447:Sulfites / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D005520:Food Preservatives; D013447:Sulfites; C005200:sodium metabisulfite
vernacular_title: Allergie et exposition professionnelle aux composés soufrés: questions posées.