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(Chest. 1969;56:98-102.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

Glucose Oxidase Induced Granulomatous Lung Disease

Arthur Simon M.D.1 and Ann Pollak M.D., F.C.C.P.2

1 Chief Medical Resident, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
2 Staff Pathologist, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center

While the exact etiology of allergic granulomatous lung disease has not been established, various fungi or fungus products have received the most attention. A worker exposed to an intense inhaled innoculum of glucose oxidase, a glycoprotein extract of Aspergillus niger, is presented who developed a clinical and pathologic picture similar to farmer's lung.






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