Fatal hypersensitivity pneumonitis from exposure to fusarium vasinfectum in a home environment: A case report

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-153

  Dickson, Scott D ^a   Tankersley, Michael S ^b  

^a Luke AFB   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Fatal case; Fusarium vasinfectum; Home environment; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Mold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DYSPNEA; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM VASINFECTUM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUSARIOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATAL OUTCOME; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN;

EID: 84927921229     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000377631     Document Type: Article

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