Antigen | Source | Disease |
---|---|---|
Microbes | ||
 Alternaria species | Wood or wood pulp | Woodworker’s lung |
 Aspergillus clavatus | Moldy grains | Malt-worker’s lung |
 Aspergillus species | Tobacco mold | Tobacco-worker’s lung |
 Aspergillus species | Moldy malt | Malt-worker’s lung |
 Aspergillus versicolor | Animal bedding | Dog house disease |
 Aureobasidium pullulans | Moldy sequoia dust | Sequoiosis |
 Aureobasidium species | Contaminated water | Sauna-taker’s disease |
 Bacillus subtilis | Detergent enzymes | Detergent-worker’s lung |
 Botrytis cinerea | Grape mold | Winegrower’s lung or Späetlase lung |
 Candida albicans | Saxophone mouthpiece | Sax lung |
 Cephalosporium | Sewage | Sewage-worker’s lung |
 Cryptostroma corticale | Moldy maple bark | Maple bark–stripper’s lung |
 Merulius lacrymans | – | Dry rot lung |
 Mixed amoeba, fungi, and bacteria | Cold mist and other humidifiers, air conditioners | Nylon plant or office worker’s or air conditioner’s lung, ventilation pneumonitis |
 Mycobacterium avium | Contaminated water | Hot tub lung |
 Mycobacterium species, Gram negative bacilli | Metal-cutting fluid | Machine-worker’s lung |
 Mucor stolonifer | Paprika | Paprika-splitter’s lung |
 Penicillium casei | Cheese mold | Cheese-washer’s lung |
 Penicillium chrysogenum | Moldy wood dust | Woodworker’s lung |
 Penicillium frequentans | Moldy cork | Suberosis |
 Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula (micropolyspora faeni) | Moldy hay | Farmer’s lung |
 Thermoactinomyces vulgaris | Moldy hay, compost | Farmer’s lung, mushroom-worker’s lung, composter’s lung |
 Thermoactinomyces sacchari | Sugar cane residue | Bagassosis |
 Thermophilic actinomycetes | Moldy plant materials | Farmer’s lung |
 Trichosporon cutaneum | Mold in Japanese homes | Summer-type HP |
Animals | ||
 Animal fur protein | Animal fur | Furrier’s lung |
 Avian proteins | Bird excreta, blood, or feather | Bird-breeder’s lung, bird-fancier’s lung, pigeon-breeder’s lung |
 Gerbil proteins | Gerbil | Gerbil-keeper’s lung |
 Fish | Fish meal dust | Fishmeal-worker’s lung |
 Mollusk shell protein | Mollusk shell dust | Oyster shell lung |
 Ox and pork protein | Pituitary snuff | Pituitary snuff–taker’s lung |
 Rat proteins | Rat urine or serum | Rodent-handler’s lung |
 Silk worm larvae proteins | Silk worm larvae | Sericulturist’s lung |
 Wheat weevil | Flour | Miller’s lung |
Plants | ||
 Coffee | Coffee bean dust | Coffee-worker’s lung |
 Lycoperdon species | Puffballs | Lycoperdonosis |
 Soybean | Soybean hulls | Soybean-worker’s lung |
Chemicals | ||
 Anhydrides | Plastics | Chemical-worker’s lung, plasticworker’s lung, epoxy-worker’s lung |
 Bordeaux mixture | Vineyard fungicide | Vineyard-sprayer’s lung |
 Isocyanates | Paints, plastics | Paint-refinisher’s lung |
 Pauli’s reagent | – | Pauli’s reagent lung |
 Pyrethrum | Insecticides | Insecticide lung |
Metals | ||
 Cobalt | – | Hard metal lung disease |
 Beryllium | – | Berylliosis |