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Title
Mushroom worker's lung: organic dust exposure in the spawning shed.
Publication Date
2007-05-07
Author(s)
Hoy, Ryan F
Pretto, Jeffrey J
van Gelderen, David
McDonald, Christine F
Type of document
Journal Article
Abstract
Two people employed for several years in the spawning shed of a mushroom farm developed mushroom worker's lung. The first patient presented in respiratory failure, with radiological features characteristic of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The condition of the second patient was subacute on presentation, with a computed tomography (CT) scan showing ground-glass opacities. With absence from the workplace and no steroid therapy, the symptoms of both patients subsided and the results of lung function tests and CT scans improved markedly.
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Citation
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(9): 472-4
Jornal Title
Medical Journal of Australia

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