Latex Allergy: Where Are We Now and How Did We Get There?

Latex Allergy: Where Are We Now and How Did We Get There?

Latex allergy emerged as an epidemic of anaphylaxis, occupational asthma, and clinical dilemmas in the 1980s. A systematic recognition, investigation, discovery, epidemiology, and prevention strategy followed. International attention and collaborations of investigators, government agencies, manufact...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice (Cambridge, MA) MA), 2017-09, Vol.5 (5), p.1212-1216
Hauptverfasser: Kelly, Kevin J., Sussman, Gordon
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Allergens - immunology
Allergies
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis - epidemiology
Asthma
Asthma, Occupational - epidemiology
Bans
Canada - epidemiology
Collaboration
Dermatitis
Diabetes
Disease control
Disease prevention
Epidemics
Epidemics - prevention & control
Gloves
Health care workers
Hevea brasiliensis
Humans
Injuries
Insulin
Latex
Latex gloves
Latex Hypersensitivity - epidemiology
Medical research
Natural rubber latex
Occupational asthma
Occupational safety
Patients
Rubber products
Serologic testing
Skin
Skin testing
Skin Tests
Spina bifida
Spinal cord
Studies
Surgeons
Surgery
Task forces
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Zusammenfassung:Latex allergy emerged as an epidemic of anaphylaxis, occupational asthma, and clinical dilemmas in the 1980s. A systematic recognition, investigation, discovery, epidemiology, and prevention strategy followed. International attention and collaborations of investigators, government agencies, manufacturing, and health policy resulted in near elimination of a global epidemic. This article summarizes nearly 4 decades of work in control of this epidemic and focuses attention on future problems that still require resolution.
ISSN:2213-2198
2213-2201
DOI:10.1016/j.jaip.2017.05.029