(en) This report highlights the respiratory sensitizing potential of padauk wood dust and provides further insight into the inflammatory mechanisms involved in the development of wood dust–induced occupational asthma by demonstrating a highly eosinophilic airway response to challenge exposure.
Doyen, V., Kespohl, S., Sohy, C., Jadot, I., Rifflart, C., Thimpont, J., de Lovinfosse, S., Raulf, M., & Vandenplas, O. (2023). Eosinophilic occupational asthma caused by padauk wood dust. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 11(10), 3240-3241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2023.06.024 (Original work published 2023)