Abstract
An account is presented of an illness affecting several persons working in a laboratory. The source of the disorder was traced to a massive growth ofAspergillus fumigatus within the air conditioning system. It could not be determined whether the cases described represent infection by or allergy to the fungus.
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Es wird über eine Krankheit berichtet, die mehrere Personen in einem Laboratorium befiel. Die Quelle der Infektion war in einem massiven Wachstum vonA. fumigatus innerhalb eines Luftkühlungssystem gefunden. Es konnte nicht festgestellt werden, ob die beschriebenen Fälle eine Infektion oder Allergie durch den Pilz darstellten.
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Wolf, F.T. Observations on an outbreak of pulmonary Aspergillosis. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 38, 359–361 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02052882
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