[Mealworm allergy].
A 24 year-old female employed in a pet shop developed occupationally related asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and contact urticaria caused by exposure to the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus) sold as food for birds and reptiles. A wholebody extract of the mealworm showed positive prick test and histamine release.
Bygum
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Odense Universitetshospital, dermatovenerologisk afdeling I.
Bindslev-Jensen
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013712:Tenebrio; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology