A case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with an oil fan heater.
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.
Hara
Johsuke
J
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cellular Transplantation Biology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Japan.
Fujimura
Masaki
M
Tachibana
Hideki
H
Myou
Shigeharu
S
Yasui
Masahide
M
Kasahara
Kazuo
K
Nakao
Shinji
S
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
D009821:Oils