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Case Reports
. 1977 May;7(3):227-33.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1977.tb01447.x.

Pulmonary hypersensitivity to Alternaria and Aspergillus in baker's asthma

W B Klaustermeyer, E J Bardana Jr, F C Hale
Case Reports

Pulmonary hypersensitivity to Alternaria and Aspergillus in baker's asthma

W B Klaustermeyer et al. Clin Allergy. 1977 May.

Abstract

In two cases of baker's asthma pulmonary hypersensitivity was found to the fungi Alternaria and Aspergillus. Provocative bronchial challenge revealed a dual response; an immediate and an Arthus type hypersensitivity to Aspergillus in the first case. A primary binding assay revealed high titres of anti-Aspergillus antibody in the serum. In the second case intradermal and bronchial challenge suggested an immediate type I hypersensitivity response to Alternaria. The suspected organisms were present in the room air of the bakeries. It is suggested that an immunological response to these airborne fungi may have contributed to the pathogenesis of baker's asthma.

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