Pulmonary mycotoxicosis.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Emanuel DA ; Lawton BR ; Wenzel FJ
• Description:
  Pulmonary mycotoxicosis is described in patients who had inhaled massive amounts of fungi while removing moldy silage from the top of silos. Immunologic studies showed no sensitivity to various fungal antigen preparations, and histologic study of the lung showed a multifocal acute process, with primary involvement of the terminal bronchioles containing large numbers of various spores. Cultures from lung biopsy material revealed at least five fungal organisms. A one to 10 year followup indicates that avoidance of massive reexposure to fungal dust is the key to the prevention of recurrent pulmonary mycotoxicosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Fungi Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Air-contamination NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Toxic-substances
• ISSN:
  0012-3692
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  293-297
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00048071
• Citation:
  Chest 1975 Mar; 67(3):293-297
• Contact Point Address:
  Internal Medicine Marshfield Clinic Foundation 510 North St Joseph Ave Marshfield, Wis 54449
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Marshfield Clinic Fdn Med Res Education, Marshfield, Wisconsin
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19701201
• Source Full Name:
  Chest
• End Date:
  19791130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:449a5794680b8ef38009d4ac4b4fb677dcd6c0b0ab6a008cab7aa81dacc97dd55b580a40620154cbdbe1c5e20281fdcbed0cddeb24838400cb221a878717faea
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184043/cdc_184043_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.02 MB ]