Category

Agent

Occupation

Available tests (IgE)

Skin               Serum

Animal proteins

Animal hair, pelt, urine, serum

Bovine proteins

Prawn, crabs

Researches, breeders

Dairy workers

Seafood workers

 +                           +

 +                           -

 +                           +                       

Insects

Grain mites

Bees, wasps

Cockroaches

Unprocessed silk (silkworm)

Granary workers, dock workers

Aphid and vespid workers

Laboratory workers

Sericulture workers

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 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

Enzymes

Subtilisin

Trypsin, pancreatin

Papain, bromelain

Detergent workers

Pharmaceutical workers

Food processors

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

Plant Proteins

Cereal grain, grain dust

Green coffee beans

Soybeans

Castor beans

Tobacco leaf

Garlic

Psyllium

Natural rubber, latex

Granary workers, millers, dock workers

Food processors

Dock workers

Fertilizer workers

Tobacco handlers

Food workers

Pharmaceutical workers

Healthcare workers

 +                           -

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

 +                           +

Vegetable gums

Karaya

Guar

Food processors, hairdressers

Carpet workers

 +                           -

 +                           +

Anhydrides

Phthalic anhydride

Trimellitic anhydride

Workers with plastics, pharmaceutical workers

Workers with epoxy resins and plastics

 +                           +

 +                           +

Metallic salts

Platinum salts

Nickel

Platinum refinery workers

Metal plating workers

 +                           +

 +                           +

Diisocyanates

Toluene diisocyanate

Other diisocyanates

Automobile spray painters, isocyanate workers

Polyurethane foam workers, plastic molders

 +                           +

 +                           +

Drugs

Penicillin and other antibiotics

Pharmaceutical workers

 +                           -

Wood dust

Western red cedar (plicatic acid)

African apple, ramin wood

Carpenters, sawmill workers

Woodworkers

 -                           +

 +                          +

Fluxes

Colophony (abietic acid)

Electronics workers, solderers

 -                           -