Disease/Syndrome | Mushroom worker lung |
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Category | Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis |
Acute/Chronic | Chronic |
Synonyms | Mushroom worker's lung |
Comments | Acute presentation: flu-like illness with cough; Subacute: recurrent "pneumonia"; Chronic: exertional dyspnea, productive cough, and weight loss; The exposure is to moldy mushroom compost, and the suspected antigen is to the thermophilic bacteria, T. sacchari. [Harber, p. 202] See "Hypersensitivity pneumonitis." |
Latency/Incubation | Weeks to years until "sensitized"; acute symptoms 4-12 hours after exposure; |
Diagnostic | Clinical; Chest x-ray; HRCT; Pulmonary function testing; BAL; Lung biopsy; |
ICD-9 Code | 495.5 |
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Job Tasks | High risk job tasks associated with this disease: |
Agents | Hazardous agents that cause the occupational disease: |