J Asthma Allergy Clin Immunol.  1999 Dec;19(6):969-973.

A case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis with positive precipitin antibody to Trichosporon cutaneum

• Park JW
• Hong CS
• Jee YK
• Park JS
• Lee KY
• Kim KY
• Jun Y
• Hwang YJ
• Oh HT
• Lyu S

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman complaining of dyspnea on exertion, coughing, fever and chills was admitted in January, 1998. Her clinical, radiological, and pathological findings were compatible with hypersensitivity pneumonitis and precipitin antibody to Trichosporon cutaneum was detected in her serum. Although some cases of T. cutaneum-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis developed during the winter season were reported in Japan, there had been no report of such a case in Korea. This case suggests that T. cutaneum-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis can develop beyond the summer season in certain environments.

Keyword

hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Trichosporon cutaneum; winter season

MeSH Terms

Adult
Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic*
Chills
Cough
Dyspnea
Female
Fever
Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Japan
Korea
Seasons
Trichosporon*