title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis resulting from Aspergillus fumigatus in a greenhouse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: 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