| Document ID (ISN) | 41195 |
| CIS number |
84-183 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Mehta S.K., Sandhu R.S. |
| Title |
Immunological significance of Aspergillus fumigatus in cane-sugar mills |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Feb. 1983, Vol.38, No.1, p.41-46. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
548 workers at 2 sugar mills in India and a control group were studied. 328 of them complained of chronic respiratory disorders. A preponderance of Aspergillus fumigatus was found at the bagasse-containing sites in the mills. A. fumigatus was frequently isolated from the sputum of sugar workers, and a significant number showed a positive reaction to intracutaneous challenge with aspergillin. Immediate type I and late Arthus type skin hypersensitivity occurred in 10.6 and 4.4%, respectively, of the exposed workers. Diagnoses of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and of allergic pulmonary candidiasis were made in 17 (7.1%) and 4 (1.7%), respectively, of the 238 workers complaining of chronic respiratory disorders. The epidemiology of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, but not that of allergic bronchopulmonary candidiasis, may be of occupational origin. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Aspergillus fumigatus; sugar industry; immunology; bagasse |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
India; aspergillosis; comparative study; candidiasis; serological reactions; respiratory diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Food industry
Mycoses
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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