PT Journal AU Terho, EO Husman, K Kotimaa, M Sjöblom, T TI Extrinsic allergic alveolitis in a sawmill worker. A case report. SO Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PD 6VL PY 1980 BP 153 EP 157 IS 2 DI 10.5271/sjweh.2627 WP https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=2627 DE Aspergillus species; Thermoactinomyces vulgaris; aerobiology; allergic alveolitis; case report; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; mold; moldy wook; occupational disease; precipitins; sawmill; sawmill worker; wood SN 0355-3140 AB

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis, with acute attacks of the disease, developed in a sawmill worker. The diagnosis was based on the history of exposure to moldy wood, on the symptoms and clinical signs, and on physiological and radiographic findings. A microbiological analysis of the ambient air of the patient`s work environment showed that the air contained a considerable number of spores, both of fungi and actinomycetes. The most common fungal genus was Aspergillus. Thermoactinomyces vulgaris predominated the actinomycetal flora. The patient`s serum contained precipitins to Thermoactinomyces vulgaris and Aspergillus fumigatus. Based on the microbiological and serological data, it was concluded that the causative agent(s) of the disease was either T vulgaris or species of the genus Aspergillus.

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