Hypersensitivity pneumonitis related to medium-density fiberboard

Arch Bronconeumol. 2012 Jan;48(1):29-31. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2011.04.006. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
[Article in English, Spanish]

Abstract

Pneumonitis due to hypersensitivity to wood fiber is mainly associated with the fungus that colonizes it. We present the case of a male affected with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in which the agent implicated was medium-density fiberboard, an engineered product whose main component is pine wood fiber. The causal agent was identified by means of a specific bronchial provocation test.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / diagnosis
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / etiology*
  • Bronchial Provocation Tests
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • Construction Materials / adverse effects*
  • Construction Materials / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Male
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnosis
  • Occupational Diseases / etiology*
  • Pinus / microbiology
  • Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wood* / adverse effects
  • Wood* / microbiology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G