...Timo Palosuo; Irini Antoniadou; Finn Gottrup; Peter Phillips Many hospitals have implemented policies to restrict or ban the use of devices made of natural rubber latex (NRL) in healthcare as precautionary measures against the perceived risk of NRL allergy. Changes in glove technology, progress...

...Rozina Aamir; Ghassan S. Safadi; Alton L. Melton; William O. Wagner; Lily C. Pien; Katrina Cornish; Jack R. Battisto Background: IgE-mediated allergy to proteins present in natural rubber latex is a well-recognized problem. Latex contains a complex mixture of proteins ranging in molecular weight...

...David A. Levy; Roy G.O. Kekwick; Sunita Bhambri; Jean-Eric Autegarden; Françisque Leynadier Allergen Latex Skin test Allergens Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1995;107:454-455 David A. Levy3 Roy G.O. Kekwickb Sunita Bhambrib Jean-Eric Autegarden3 Françisque Leynadier3 Hôpital Rothschild, Paris...

... BAT in various ways for several years, and our experience shows that these new technologies have more potentials and perspectives than pitfalls. A comprehensive review of clinically validated studies on allergy to aeroallergens, insect venoms, latex, food allergens and drugs, e.g. myorelaxants, β...

...Andreas L. Lopata; Shahieda Adams; Frank Kirstein; Nick Henwood; Monika Raulf-Heimsoth; Mohamed F. Jeebhay Background: Occupational allergy to latex is generally reported from occupational groups such as health care workers; however, few reports derive from other occupational settings. Methods: Two...

...Ana Isabel Tabar; Marta Anda; Floriano Bonifazi; Maria Beatrice Bilò; Francisque Leynadier; Thomas Fuchs; Johannes Ring; Sylvie Galvain; Claude André Background: Allergy to natural rubber latex proteins continues to be an important medical problem among health care professionals, but also...

... ImmunoCAP. Methods: Biotinylation and allergen concentration for binding to Streptavidin ImmunoCAP were optimized and IgE obtained with natural rubber latex, obeche wood, wheat and rye flour Streptavidin ImmunoCAP were compared with the results of ImmunoCAP™ and Enzyme Allergo-Sorbent Test (EAST) using sera...

...Heimo Breiteneder; Slawomir Sowka; Stefan Wagner; Monika Krebitz; Christine Hafner; Tamar Kinaciyan; Hong Yeet Yeang; Otto Scheiner The 43–kD latex allergen Hev b 7 was purified from the latex of Hevea brasiliensis and identified by N–terminal and internal peptide sequences as highly homologous...

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... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Allergy cDNA Hevea brasiliensis Latex Recombinant allergen Spina bifida IgE...