Laboratory animal allergy: anaphylaxis from a needle injury.
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Laboratory animal allergy: anaphylaxis from a needle injury.
A 32 year old male research physician accidentally received a minor wound from a needle which had been previously used on rabbit tissue. Within 15 minutes serious anaphylactic reactions started and he was taken to hospital where his condition stabilised within five hours. Serum immunoglobulin E antibodies to rabbit epithelium were high (16.2 U/ml), although other antibody titres were low. Aller...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.8.573