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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii

We herein report the first documented case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis in which Candida guilliermondii was the possible causative organism. A young Japanese woman presented to our hospital with relapsing respiratory symptoms accompanied by high fever. A detailed interview revealed that the...

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Autores principales: Ando, Akemi, Hagiya, Hideharu, Nada, Takahiro, Kimura, Kosuke, Waseda, Koichi, Rai, Kammei, Hanayama, Yoshihisa, Otsuka, Fumio
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943587
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9055-17
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author Ando, Akemi
Hagiya, Hideharu
Nada, Takahiro
Kimura, Kosuke
Waseda, Koichi
Rai, Kammei
Hanayama, Yoshihisa
Otsuka, Fumio
author_facet Ando, Akemi
Hagiya, Hideharu
Nada, Takahiro
Kimura, Kosuke
Waseda, Koichi
Rai, Kammei
Hanayama, Yoshihisa
Otsuka, Fumio
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description We herein report the first documented case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis in which Candida guilliermondii was the possible causative organism. A young Japanese woman presented to our hospital with relapsing respiratory symptoms accompanied by high fever. A detailed interview revealed that the onset of the symptoms occurred shortly after using a humidifier in her home. Her symptoms showed spontaneous improvement soon after admission, and an examination of her bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed the specific infiltration of inflammatory cells, which predominantly consisted of lymphocytes. Precipitin testing showed a positive reaction to C. guilliermondii, which was isolated from the home humidifier. Repeated history taking is essential for diagnosing occult respiratory disorders.
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spelling pubmed-57258702017-12-13 Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii Ando, Akemi Hagiya, Hideharu Nada, Takahiro Kimura, Kosuke Waseda, Koichi Rai, Kammei Hanayama, Yoshihisa Otsuka, Fumio Intern Med Case Report We herein report the first documented case of acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis in which Candida guilliermondii was the possible causative organism. A young Japanese woman presented to our hospital with relapsing respiratory symptoms accompanied by high fever. A detailed interview revealed that the onset of the symptoms occurred shortly after using a humidifier in her home. Her symptoms showed spontaneous improvement soon after admission, and an examination of her bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed the specific infiltration of inflammatory cells, which predominantly consisted of lymphocytes. Precipitin testing showed a positive reaction to C. guilliermondii, which was isolated from the home humidifier. Repeated history taking is essential for diagnosing occult respiratory disorders. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-09-25 2017-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5725870/ /pubmed/28943587 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9055-17 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Ando, Akemi
Hagiya, Hideharu
Nada, Takahiro
Kimura, Kosuke
Waseda, Koichi
Rai, Kammei
Hanayama, Yoshihisa
Otsuka, Fumio
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title_full Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title_fullStr Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title_full_unstemmed Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title_short Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Caused by a Home Ultrasonic Humidifier Contaminated with Candida guilliermondii
title_sort hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by a home ultrasonic humidifier contaminated with candida guilliermondii
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943587
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9055-17
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