Hypersensitivity pneumonitis of a mushroom worker due to Aspergillus glaucus.
We present the first reported case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) due to Aspergillus glaucus in a mushroom worker. The Aspergillus glaucus group is one of the most popular storage fungi and a possible subsidiary etiologic agent of farmer's lung, but no case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) due to A. glaucus has been reported. This first case may demonstrate the etiologic role of A. glaucus in HP and in farmer's lung.
Yoshida
K
K
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Ando
M
M
Ito
K
K
Sakata
T
T
Arima
K
K
Araki
S
S
Uchida
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D001230:Aspergillus; D001487:Basidiomycota; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011859:Radiography