Acute pulmonary edema in a storehouse of moldy oranges: a severe case of the organic dust toxic syndrome.
A woman who was 41 y of age developed pulmonary edema after massive fungal inhalation at an orange storehouse. A provocation test by exposure in the work-place was positive. Neither immunological studies with fungi isolated nor other clinical and histological examinations showed any evidence of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. This is the first report of a subject with organic dust toxic syndrome who developed pulmonary edema associated with the handling of moldy oranges.
Yoshida
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Ando
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Araki
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*
D004391:Dust