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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis resulting from Aspergillus fumigatus in a greenhouse
K Yoshida1, A Ueda, H Yamasaki
1First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
Archives of Environmental Health
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 57-y-old female who had cultivated vegetables in a plastic greenhouse developed a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis from Aspergillus fumigatus. This report exemplifies a potential hazard caused by a thermotolerant fungus, A. fumigatus, in a poorly constructed greenhouse.