Occupations
- Personnel Hospital staff
- Service Personnel
Agents
Diphenylmercury, Phenylmercury nitropropionate.
Incidence
Incidence: low.
Atopy does not play an important role.
IgE-dependent mechanism.
Conditions
Disinfection of walls in offices, in particular in hospitals.
Symptoms
Asthma and rhinitis at the end of the working day and following night, associated with urticaria and/or angioneurotic oedema.
Diagnostic methods
Skin prick test with a 1% solution of the agent.
Bronchial provocation test (in hospital) by inhalation of aerosol.
No immunological assay has been reported.