Suberosis

Suberosis
Suberosis
Other names	Corkhandler's disease, corkworker's lung
	Cork workers are susceptible to suberosis from breathing in cork dust.
Specialty	Infectious disease, respirology

Suberosis is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis usually caused by the fungus Penicillium glabrum (formerly called Penicillum frequentans) from exposure to moldy cork dust.^[1]^[2] , Aspergillus fumigatus, uncontaminated cork dust, and may also have significant roles in the pathogenesis of the disease.^[1]

Cause[]

Cork is often harvested from the cork oak (Quercus suber) and stored in slabs in a hot and humid environment until covered in mold.^[1] Cork workers may be exposed to organic dusts in this process, leading to this disease.^[1]

Diagnosis[]

Treatment[]

History[]

Vinte-e-Um Mendes first reported respiratory disease in Portuguese cork workers in 1947 at the Portuguese Medical Reunion.^[1] Cancella d'Abreu first described the disease in 1955.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e J-F. Cordier (December 2011). European Respiratory Monograph 54: Orphan Lung Diseases. European Respiratory Society. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-84984-014-9. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Morell, F.; Roger, A.; Cruz, M. J.; Muñoz, X.; Rodrigo, M. J. (2003). "Suberosis: Clinical study and new etiologic agents in a series of eight patients". Chest. 124 (3): 1145–1152. doi:10.1378/chest.124.3.1145. PMID 12970049.

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[Cordier-1] J-F. Cordier (December 2011). European Respiratory Monograph 54: Orphan Lung Diseases. European Respiratory Society. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-84984-014-9. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

[Morell2003-2] Morell, F.; Roger, A.; Cruz, M. J.; Muñoz, X.; Rodrigo, M. J. (2003). "Suberosis: Clinical study and new etiologic agents in a series of eight patients". Chest. 124 (3): 1145–1152. doi:10.1378/chest.124.3.1145. PMID 12970049.

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