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Leucogyrophana pinastri, a wood decay fungus as a probable cause of an extrinsic allergic alveolitis syndrome.

Two patients were suspected of having extrinsic allergic alveolitis due to exposure to an agent in their home environment. On inspection of their houses, fungal decay was evident in the floorboards, and fungal spores were found deposited on many surfaces. The decay fungus was later identified as Leucogyrophana pinastri. Using an extract of the fruiting bodies and mycelium of this fungus, precipitating antibodies were identified in the sera of both patients. Based on the known exposure by the two patients to these small spores, the absence of a likely alternative allergen, the similarity between these two cases, and the positive precipitin test results, L. pinastri was considered to be the most likely cause of extrinsic allergic alveolitis in our cases.[1]

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  1. Leucogyrophana pinastri, a wood decay fungus as a probable cause of an extrinsic allergic alveolitis syndrome. Stone, C.A., Johnson, G.C., Thornton, J.D., Macauley, B.J., Holmes, P.W., Tai, E.H. Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine. (1989) [Pubmed]
 
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