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bagassosis
Etiology:
- hypersensitivity to bagasse
- Thermoactinomyces sacchari
Epidemiology:
- bagasse is broken sugar cane after the sugar has been extracted
- it is used in maunfacturing of board as an insulator
General
hypersensitivity pneumonitis; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; pigeon breeder's lung; bird fancier's lung; farmer's lung; allergic pneumonitis
occupational lung disease
References
- Castleden LI and Hamilton-Patterson
Bagassosis
British Medical Journal Oct 24, 1942, pg 478
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2164472/pdf/brmedj04013-0008.pdf