Hypersensitivity pneumonitis by a cool-mist vaporizer: a detailed microbiologic and immunologic study.
A patient with hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by a contaminated cool-mist vaporizer was evaluated. A detailed microbiologic and immunologic study was done, and a Pseudomonas species was isolated as the possible causative organism by inhalational provocative and serologic tests.
Chung
J C
JC
Choi
J M
JM
Lee
H W
HW
Hong
S I
SI
Kim
C S
CS
D000328:Adult; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012882:Skin Tests; D014871:Water Microbiology