Of the investigation, and each inspected the processing plant The Food and Drug Administration, the Pennsylvania DepartmentĪgriculture, and the Allegheny County Health Department were Patch-testing results and clinical illness. The absence of cashewįrom 2/3 of the bags may account for the lack of correlation Cashew-extract patch testing of 19 persons did not reliablyįourteen bags of cashews were opened and visually inspected Patients' ages ranged from 9 to 72 years (medianģ2). Thirteen (42%) of the 31 persons saw physicians none required Perianal itching, and three reported blistering of the mouth. Persons rash occurred on: extremities-97%, trunk-66%,Īxilla-34%, buttocks-21%. Pruritic rash beginning 1-8 days (median 2) after cashewĬonsumption and lasting 5-21 days (median 7) was reported by 29 Illness histories were obtained for 31 persons 21 (68%) were Rash none of the 48 who did not eat cashews developed rash (p Little League, 54 (20%) of 274 who ate cashews developed pruritic Of 322 people interviewed who had purchased cashews from the South-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Had purchased 2,928 bags from a local distributor, and anotherīags were sold by a distributor in small quantities throughout Processed for distribution by a Pittsburgh company. Organization in a southcentral Pennsylvania community. Persons who consumed cashew nut pieces sold by a Little League Dermatitis Associated with Cashew Nut Consumption - Pennsylvaniaĭuring April 1982, a poison ivy-like dermatitis affected 54 For assistance, please send e-mail to: Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file.
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