An onion farmer with a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by Aspergillus niger

A 62-year old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2-week complaint of a dry cough, general fatigue, and dyspnea on effort. He has been an onion farmer for several years and developed these symptoms after cleaning up onion peels with air compressors. A chest roentgenogram and computed tomography...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Sakamoto, Akira Yamasaki, Yoshihiro Funaki, Tomoya Harada, Ryota Okazaki, Yasuyuki Hasegawa, Yuriko Sueda, Takehito Fukushima, Masahito Morita, Akihiro Yamamoto, Masahiro Kodani, Eiji Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303635