Aerobiological analysis in a salami factory: A possible case of extrinsic allergic alveolitis by Penicillium camembertii

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-289

  Marchisio, Valeria Filipello ^a   Sulotto, F ^a   Botta, G C ^a   Chiesa, A ^a   Airaudi, D ^a   Anastasi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Occupational environment; Penicillium camembertii

Indexed keywords

DEFLAZACORT; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENICILLIUM;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CAMEMBERTI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0032840986     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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