Table 1.
Antigen | Source | Disease |
---|---|---|
Microbes | ||
Alternaria species | Wood or wood pulp | Woodworker’s lung |
Aspergillus clavatus | Moldy grains | Malt-worker’s lung |
Aspergillus species | Tobacco mold | Tobacco-worker’s lung |
Aspergillus species | Moldy malt | Malt-worker’s lung |
Aspergillus versicolor | Animal bedding | Dog house disease |
Aureobasidium pullulans | Moldy sequoia dust | Sequoiosis |
Aureobasidium species | Contaminated water | Sauna-taker’s disease |
Bacillus subtilis | Detergent enzymes | Detergent-worker’s lung |
Botrytis cinerea | Grape mold | Winegrower’s lung or Späetlase lung |
Candida albicans | Saxophone mouthpiece | Sax lung |
Cephalosporium | Sewage | Sewage-worker’s lung |
Cryptostroma corticale | Moldy maple bark | Maple bark–stripper’s lung |
Merulius lacrymans | – | Dry rot lung |
Mixed amoeba, fungi, and bacteria | Cold mist and other humidifiers, air conditioners | Nylon plant or office worker’s or air conditioner’s lung, ventilation pneumonitis |
Mycobacterium avium | Contaminated water | Hot tub lung |
Mycobacterium species, Gram negative bacilli | Metal-cutting fluid | Machine-worker’s lung |
Mucor stolonifer | Paprika | Paprika-splitter’s lung |
Penicillium casei | Cheese mold | Cheese-washer’s lung |
Penicillium chrysogenum | Moldy wood dust | Woodworker’s lung |
Penicillium frequentans | Moldy cork | Suberosis |
Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula (micropolyspora faeni) | Moldy hay | Farmer’s lung |
Thermoactinomyces vulgaris | Moldy hay, compost | Farmer’s lung, mushroom-worker’s lung, composter’s lung |
Thermoactinomyces sacchari | Sugar cane residue | Bagassosis |
Thermophilic actinomycetes | Moldy plant materials | Farmer’s lung |
Trichosporon cutaneum | Mold in Japanese homes | Summer-type HP |
Animals | ||
Animal fur protein | Animal fur | Furrier’s lung |
Avian proteins | Bird excreta, blood, or feather | Bird-breeder’s lung, bird-fancier’s lung, pigeon-breeder’s lung |
Gerbil proteins | Gerbil | Gerbil-keeper’s lung |
Fish | Fish meal dust | Fishmeal-worker’s lung |
Mollusk shell protein | Mollusk shell dust | Oyster shell lung |
Ox and pork protein | Pituitary snuff | Pituitary snuff–taker’s lung |
Rat proteins | Rat urine or serum | Rodent-handler’s lung |
Silk worm larvae proteins | Silk worm larvae | Sericulturist’s lung |
Wheat weevil | Flour | Miller’s lung |
Plants | ||
Coffee | Coffee bean dust | Coffee-worker’s lung |
Lycoperdon species | Puffballs | Lycoperdonosis |
Soybean | Soybean hulls | Soybean-worker’s lung |
Chemicals | ||
Anhydrides | Plastics | Chemical-worker’s lung, plasticworker’s lung, epoxy-worker’s lung |
Bordeaux mixture | Vineyard fungicide | Vineyard-sprayer’s lung |
Isocyanates | Paints, plastics | Paint-refinisher’s lung |
Pauli’s reagent | – | Pauli’s reagent lung |
Pyrethrum | Insecticides | Insecticide lung |
Metals | ||
Cobalt | – | Hard metal lung disease |
Beryllium | – | Berylliosis |
Derived and adapted from Costabel et al [20]