Working with argan cake: a new etiology for hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Argan is now used worldwide in numerous cosmetic products. Nine workers from a cosmetic factory were examined in our occupational medicine department, following the diagnosis of a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) related to handling of argan cakes.

Methods

Operators were exposed to three forms of argan (crude granulates, powder or liquid) depending on the step of the process. All workers systematically completed standardized questionnaires on occupational and medical history, followed by medical investigations, comprising, in particular, physical examination and chest X-rays, total IgE and a systematic screening for specific serum antibodies directed against the usual microbial agents of domestic and farmer's HP and antigens derived from microbiological c

SUBMITTER: Paris C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369362 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature