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Salmon processing causes hypersensitivity pneumonitis as well as occupational asthma

 Salmon processing causes hypersensitivity pneumonitis as well as occupational asthma
Fish processing is a well recognised cause of occupational asthma, this is a report of the first case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The patient was a gutter and processor of salmon, with work-related HP symptoms and a positive specific challenge after filleting salmon for 15 minutes and spraying a solution of salmon meat for 5 minutes. No immunology was attempted but salmon proteins are a more likely cause of the HP than microbial contamination.

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Full Text Available for Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge. Tjalvin G, Svanes Ø, Bertelsen RJ, Hollund BE, Aasen TB, Svanes C, Kirkeleit J., Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge., ERJ Open Res, 2018;4:4,DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00071-2018
Tor Aasen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, an author of 'Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge.' Cecile Svanes, University of Bergen, Norway, an author of 'Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge.' Jorunn Kirkeleit, University of Bergen, Norway, an author of 'Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in fish processing workers diagnosed by inhalation challenge.'

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