Contact Urticaria Sensitization to chestnuts and bananas in patients with contact urticaria from latex

Determination of independent risk factors and comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for immediate type latex allergy in spina bifida patients

“…In our study group only two patients had a history of food allergy: they were allergic to banana and also had a clinical history of latex allergy; both were RAST-CAP-positive for banana. This is consistent with the findings of other authors that patients who are allergic to banana and some other fruits, can be sensitive for crossreacting allergens in latex and run a higher risk to present allergic reactions to latex [7][8][9][10][11]. However, in contrast to another study [11], history of clinical allergy for foods was not a sensitive marker for latex allergy in our study, as only two out of 17 latex allergic patients had a history of food allergy.…”

“…and recurrent exposure to latex [5] have been shown to be predisposing factors for NRL allergy. Allergy to latex crossreacting fruits is a risk factor that may be cause or consequence of latex allergy [7][8][9]. Frequent surgical interventions [2,[10][11][12][13], regular use of latex products [5,11] and atopy [2,5,12,13] have been suggested as predisposing factors specifically for spina bifida patients.…”

Occupational asthma caused by natural rubber latex

“…These findings are consistent with those from BUBAK et al [62] who found that 22% of healthcare workers evaluated for NRL allergy reported asthma symptoms. Respiratory reactions to NRL are likely to occur in nonmedical environments where NRL gloves are used as a protection against irritant chemicals [28,63], although epidemiological data are lacking.…”

Latex, potato and tomato allergy in a restaurateur

“…It is well known that patients with latex allergy may have cross‐reactions to foodstuffs such as kiwi fruit, banana, passionfruit, avocado and chestnut (1). Cross‐reactions to potato and tomato have been recognized more recently (2, 3).…”