Hypersensitivity pneumonitis resulting from Aspergillus fumigatus in a greenhouse.
A 57-y-old female who had cultivated vegetables in a plastic greenhouse developed a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis from Aspergillus fumigatus. This report exemplifies a potential hazard caused by a thermotolerant fungus, A. fumigatus, in a poorly constructed greenhouse.
Yoshida
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K
First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ueda
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A
Yamasaki
H
H
Sato
K
K
Uchida
K
K
Ando
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M
D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed