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Case Reports
. 1988 May;1(5):466-8.

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by spores of the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus

A Cox  1 , H T Folgering, L J van Griensven
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  • PMID: 3169217
Case Reports

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by spores of the oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus

A Cox et al. Eur Respir J. 1988 May.

Abstract

Four mushroom workers have developed an extrinsic allergic alveolitis, after working with the oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). After provocation with aerosolized spores under laboratory conditions, the four patients showed the complaints of an extrinsic allergic alveolitis; a rise of body temperature, leucocytosis and changes of lung function parameters were observed. Antibodies against the spores were assessed in the blood of these patients.

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