Basement shower hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to Epicoccum nigrum.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two children developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis after extensive exposure to an unventilated basement shower. Commercial precipitin panels were negative. After home inspection, individual mold species were isolated from the household and extracted. Precipitating antibodies to Epicoccum nigrum were found in both children. Resolution of the hypersensitivity pneumonitis occurred with avoidance and glucocorticosteroid therapy. E nigrum is a newly identified etiologic agent for hypersensitivity pneumonitis found in a mold-contaminated home.
Medical subject headings
- Allergens
- Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic
- Baths
- Fungi