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Occupational contact urticaria and rhinoconjunctivitis from dog's milk in a veterinarian.

Foti C, Antelmi A, Mistrello G, Guarneri F, Filotico R

Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Unit of Dermatology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. c.foti@dermatologia.uniba.it

We report the case of a 46-year-old veterinarian who developed rhinoconjunctivitis and contact urticaria (CU) on his hands and forearms after contact with dog's milk. Prick tests results revealed a positive reactions to Parietaria pollens, Dermatophagoides farinae and D.pteronyssinus, dander of cat, grass, olive (+++), and to undiluted dog's milk (++++). Control prick tests with dog's milk performed in 5 healthy veterinarians were negative. We consider it important to take into account the possibility that dog's milk may be the aetiological agent of CU in veterinarians.

Published 13 February 2007 in Contact Dermatitis, 56(3): 169-71.
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