Sauna lung: hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to Exophiala jeanselmei
Huang WC, Lu YH, Lin ZG, Su WL
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 3 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Case report (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2010-02-25 · Respirology · vol. 15 · issue 3 · pp. 573–576
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 9 citations · more than 73% of similar papers · 0.7× the field average
- References
- 16 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis · Antifungal resistance and susceptibility · Occupational exposure and asthma
- Keywords
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Medicine, Bronchoalveolar lavage, Lung, Pathology, Corticosteroid, Immunology, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, exophiala, mycoses, alveolitis, extrinsic allergic, cough, dyspnea, adrenal cortex hormones, treatment outcome, steam bath, middle aged, male
4 authors
From TW
- Wei‐Chen HuangTri-Service General Hospital
- Yin‐Hsiu LUNational Defense Medical Center
- Zih‐Gong LIN
- Wen-Lin Su · correspondingTri-Service General Hospital
Abstract
A 55-year-old man developed progressive cough and dyspnoea after regular attendance at a public steam bath. Hypoxaemia, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and a predominance of lymphocytes with an increased percentage of CD8+ T cells in his bronchoalveolar lavage fluid suggested hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Microbial cultures from the steam bath room and tank identified Exophiala jeanselmei. Immunoblotting assays from the patient's serum confirmed the major antigenic stimulus. The patient recovered fully after systemic corticosteroid treatment and cessation of further exposure.
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