PRIMARY BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS, AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
Authors: George C. Coe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 September 1945PRIMARY BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS, AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASEGEORGE C. COE, M.D.GEORGE C. COE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-3-423 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough pulmonary aspergillosis can no longer be considered a rare condition, in view of the increasing number of cases being reported in the literature, its consideration as a disease peculiar to certain occupations has been generally overlooked. Historically, the first recorded case is attributed to Hughes Bennett in 1842. In 1890 Dieulafoy, Chantmesse and Widal described several clinical cases in persons engaged as pigeon fatteners in Paris.1In 1897 Renon considered it as a trade disease in persons working as pigeon feeders. In this occupation the individuals engaged as pigeon stuffers crammed the beaks of the birds with a mixture...Bibliography1. VAN ORDSTRAND HS: Pulmonary aspergillosis, Cleveland Clin. Quart., 1940, vii, 66. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. "Etude sur l'aspergillose chez les animaux et chez l'homme," Paris, 1897: Quoted by NORRIS and LANDIS, Diseases of the chest, 1938, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, p. 488, and by VAN ORDSTRAND.1 Google Scholar3. Daniel P. Ford v. Union Stock Yards & Transit Co., No. O. D. 1767, Industrial Comsion of Illinois. Google Scholar4. MICHAELI : Quoted by STOLOW, ALAN J.: Primary bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, Jr. Med. Soc. New Jersey, 1939, xxxvi, 484. Google Scholar5. MOOLTEN SE: A case of bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1938, v, 29. Google Scholar6. HETHERINGTON LH: Primary pulmonary aspergillosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1943, xlvii, 107. Google Scholar7. CARMIN GD: Secondary aspergillosis superimposed on bronchiectasis, Jr. Thoracic Surg., 1935, iv, 533. Google Scholar8. DONALDSONKOERTHMCCORKLE JMCJRS: Pulmonary aspergillosis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1942, xxvii, 740. Google Scholar9. KAMPMEIERBLOCK RHHA: Pulmonary aspergillosis in association with bronchial carcinoma, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1934, xxxv, 315. Google Scholar10. EDWARDS JC: A baffling case of pulmonary carcinoma and aspergillosis, New England Jr. Med., 1935, xv, 213. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication September 25, 1944. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEnvironmental factors in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosisAspergillus infection complicating transsphenoidal yttrium-90 pituitary implantAspergillosisAspergillosisFarmerlungeAllergic aspergillosis: review of 32 casesBronchopulmonary AspergillosisPulmonary aspergillosis in ArgyllASPERGILLUS ENDOCARDITIS AFTER OPEN-HEART SURGERYPulmonary Aspergillosis: A Review and a Description of Three New CasesBRONCHO-PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSISAspergillosis report of two instances in children associated with acute leukemia and review of the pertinent literatureUntersuchungen zur Pneumonomycosis aspergillina (Virchow 1856)A Study of Aspergillus Spores in the Atmosphere of a Modern MillTISSUE REACTIONS TO ASPERGILLUS IN CASES OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE AND LEUKAEMIADie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeÜber einen Fall von generalisierender pyämischer AspergilloseSolitary Aspergillus Granuloma of the BrainAcute diffuse pulmonary granulomatosis in bridge workersPulmonary Aspergillosis in Coal Workers 1 September 1945Volume 23, Issue 3Page: 423-425KeywordsAspergillosisPulmonary diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...