TY - JOUR T1 - Occupational asthma in a coal miner. JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 867 LP - 868 DO - 10.1136/thx.51.8.867 VL - 51 IS - 8 AU - P. M. Gamboa AU - I. Jáuregui AU - I. Urrutia AU - I. Antépara AU - G. González AU - V. Múgica Y1 - 1996/08/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/51/8/867.abstract N2 - Occupational asthma in coal miners is hardly recognised. A report is presented of a coal miner whose clinical picture suggested a respiratory allergy which occurred only in the mine where he worked. Serum specific IgE levels, skin tests, and bronchial provocation tests with different commercial extracts showed sensitisation to Rhizopus nigricans. Rhizopus spp were found inside the mine, as demonstrated by cultures on petri plates. ER -