title: Studies on the role of fungi in Sick Building Syndrome.
abstract: Sick Building Syndrome is a term used to describe symptoms in humans which result from problems with indoor air quality. Common complaints include dyspnea, flu-like symptoms, watering eyes, and allergic rhinitis. Although there is likely no single cause for Sick Building Syndrome, fungal contamination in buildings has increasingly been associated with this spectrum of symptoms. The authors describe 2 case studies, and other experimentation, that have investigated the role of fungi in the occurrence of Sick Building Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA. david.straus@ttuhsc.edu
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Straus
authors.forename: J Danny
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cooley
authors.forename: Wing C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jumper
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005658:Fungi; D006801:Humans; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D012107:Research Design; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D018877:Sick Building Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology