Hypersensitivity pneumonitis of a bagpipe player: Fungal antigens as trigger?
Here we present a 79-year old man with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis probably caused by fungal contamination of a bagpipe. Several samples were taken from the patient's bagpipe. Four potential fungal antigens (Exophiala phaeomuriformis, Kwoniella europaea, Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis and...
Main Authors: | Katharina Ziegler, Marcus Joest, Nesrin Turan, Dirk Schmidt, Peter-Michael Rath, Joerg Steinmann |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-06-01
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Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753919300326 |
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