title: A case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with an oil fan heater.
abstract: We report here a case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by an oil fan heater. A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, nonproductive cough, and dyspnea. Paeccilomyces variotii and Paeccilomyces nivea were identified from an oil fan heater in his house. The result of an environmental challenge test was positive. Intradermal reaction and precipitin results to sugar antigen of those fungi were positive only in the patient. This is the first described case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by an oil fan heater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Johsuke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Myou
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakao
mesh_terms: D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009821:Oils; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D009821:Oils