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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4908-4910, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4908-4910.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis) Caused by Sphingobacterium spiritivorum from the Water Reservoir of a Steam Iron

Peter Kämpfer,1* S. Engelhart,2 M. Rolke,3 and J. Sennekamp4

Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universität Gießen, Giessen, Germany,1 Institut für Hygiene und Öffentliche Gesundheit, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany,2 Pneumologische Fachpraxis Dr. Rolke, Frohsinnstraße 13, 63739 Aschaffenburg, Germany,3 Allergologisch-immunologisches Labor Prof. J. Sennekamp, Bonn, Germany4

Received 8 April 2005/ Returned for modification 1 June 2005/ Accepted 2 June 2005

A case of extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) caused by Sphingobacterium spiritivorum is described. The symptoms were associated with the use of a steam iron. The water reservoir was heavily contaminated with S. spiritivorum (106 CFU ml–1). This is the first report of S. spiritivorum as a causative agent of EAA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, IFZ—Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. Phone: 49 641 99 37352. Fax: 49 641 99 37359. E-mail: peter.kaempfer{at}agrar.uni-giessen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4908-4910, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4908-4910.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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