Basement shower hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to Epicoccum nigrum
| Autor: | N W Wilson, Roy Patterson, W.T. Corder, R S Pore, Mary Beth Hogan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Male ESR - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Allergy Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Interstitial pneumonitis medicine Humans Glucocorticoids biology business.industry Fungi Baths Allergens Precipitin medicine.disease biology.organism_classification humanities Precipitating antibodies Lung disease Child Preschool Immunology Housing Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Epicoccum nigrum Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Alveolitis Extrinsic Allergic |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 110(3) |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| Popis: | Two children developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis after extensive exposure to an unventilated basement shower. Commercial precipitin panels were negative. After home inspection, individual mold species were isolated from the household and extracted. Precipitating antibodies to Epicoccum nigrum were found in both children. Resolution of the hypersensitivity pneumonitis occurred with avoidance and glucocorticosteroid therapy. E nigrum is a newly identified etiologie agent for hypersensitivity pneumonitis found in a mold-contaminated home. |
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