[Thermoactinomyces vulgaris as a cause of extrinsic allergic alveolitis].
Thermoactinomycetes are microorganisms similar to the aerobic actinomycetes that grow at temperatures between 32 65 degrees C and are usually found in soil, hay and warm environment. They are the agent of Extrinsic Allergy Alveolitis producing an interstitial process of immunologic, generated by the inhalation of the environmental dust that contain spores from these fungi. There is one case of a middle age man who works in a boiler of a foundry company of province de Buenos Aires in Argentina. The patient presents a clinical picture compatible with the above mentioned illness and he gets better in vacation periods. The Thermoactinomyces vulgaris was isolated from the dust accumulated in a ceiling light.
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Laboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Instituto Biológico, La Plata, Argentina.
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D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000209:etiology*; D004391:Dust; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D013045:Species Specificity
D004391:Dust
Thermoactinomyces vulgaris como productor de alveolitis alérgica extrínseca.