2002 Volume 41 Issue 7 Pages 571-573
We reported the first case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) by an edible mushroom, Pleurotus Eryngii (Eringi). A 54-year-old woman had worked in a Bunashimeji mushroom factory for 42 months, and she moved to a new factory producing Eringi. Two months after, she was found to have HP by the spore of Eringi. Although no radiological finding was detected 6 months before the onset of HP, serum surfactant protein D (SP-D) had been elevated. We speculated that type II pneumocyte activation might prepare the ground for HP during the former exposure to Bunashimeji, and serum SP-D levels might reflect their conditions.
(Internal Medicine 41: 571-573, 2002)
