Familial hypersensitivity pneumonitis triggered by Cladosporium herbarum exposure during carpooling

Thomas Planté-Bordeneuve; Olivier Gilbert; Dominique Latinne; Nicolas Bruffaerts; Benoit Ghaye; Antoine Froidure

doi:10.1183/23120541.00233-2020

Familial hypersensitivity pneumonitis triggered by Cladosporium herbarum exposure during carpooling

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Aug 17;6(3):00233-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00233-2020. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Thomas Planté-Bordeneuve¹, Olivier Gilbert², Dominique Latinne³, Nicolas Bruffaerts⁴, Benoit Ghaye⁵, Antoine Froidure¹

Affiliations

¹ Pneumology Dept, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
² Pneumology Dept, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
³ Dept of Clinical Biology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Mycology and Aerobiology service, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Radiology Dept, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

This series reports cases of Cladosporium herbarum-related HP due to an uncommon exposure source, illustrating the genetic background underlying HP, and highlighting the role of environmental home inquiry and serum precipitins in diagnosis and follow-up https://bit.ly/3hzvE4w.