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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1984-10-17
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We isolated Trichosporon cutaneum from the houses of patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and investigated its possible role as an etiologic agent in 21 cases of the disease. A high titer of anti-T. cutaneum antibody was observed in serum samples from 20 (95.2%) of the 21 patients, but only a low titer was found in less than 9% of the control serum samples. Anti-Cryptococcus neoformans antibody was also observed in the patients' serum samples, but it appeared, in most samples, to be a cross-reaction to T. cutaneum antigen. This was because the anti-C. neoformans antibody was completely absorbed with T. cutaneum, but the anti-T. cutaneum antibody was only partly absorbed with C. neoformans. Besides, no C. neoformans was isolated from the patients' environment. A bronchoprovocation test with T. cutaneum was done on one patient, with a positive result. We also found T. cutaneum in bird droppings containing nutrients for this organism. To our knowledge, this is the first report on hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by T. cutaneum.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Sep
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| pubmed:issn |
0003-0805
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
130
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
407-11
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-4-19
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Antibodies, Fungal,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Antigens, Fungal,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Birds,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Bronchial Provocation Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Cross Reactions,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Cryptococcus neoformans,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Dust,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Fluorescent Antibody Technique,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Immunodiffusion,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Immunoglobulins,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Mitosporic Fungi,
pubmed-meshheading:6433758-Skin Tests
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| pubmed:year |
1984
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by Trichosporon cutaneum.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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