title: Myelomeningocele, avocados, and rubber tree plants.
abstract: Infants with myelomeningocele and the nurses who care for them have something in common. Both are at higher risk than the general population for developing latex allergies. This article provides a review of the literature regarding latex production, latex allergic responses in children and adults, types of latex allergic reactions, and prevention of latex allergies.
authors.affiliation: NICU, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. jobethp@baylorhealth.edu
authors.forename: Jobeth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilcher
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sogard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006266:Health Education; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020315:Latex Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000451:nursing; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010351:Patient Discharge