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Bagassosis

MedGen UID:
2539
•Concept ID:
C0004681
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bagasse disease; bagasse extrinsic allergic alveolitis; bagasse workers lung; Bagasse workers' disease; Bagasse workers' lung; bagassosis; extrinsic allergic alveolitis from bagasse; sugar cane worker pneumonitis; Sugar cane workers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis
SNOMED CT: Bagassosis (67242002); Bagasse disease (67242002); Bagasse workers' disease (67242002); Bagasse workers' lung (67242002); Sugar cane workers' hypersensitivity pneumonitis (67242002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001540

Definition

An occupational lung disorder caused by inhalation of bagasse dust. In the acute phase, it manifests as cough, dyspnea, fever, chills, and weakness. Chronic exposure may lead to interstitial lung fibrosis. [from NCI]

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PubMed

Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory criteria for the diagnosis of bagassosis.
Rodríguez Lastra J, Paz L, Rodríguez González A, Solaum T, González O
Am J Ind Med 1990;17(1):81-3. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700170122. PMID: 2305800

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Etiology

The medical and epidemiologic effects on workers of the levels of airborne Thermoactinomyces Spp. spores present in Australian raw sugar mills.
Dawson MW, Scott JG, Cox LM
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1996 Nov;57(11):1002-12. doi: 10.1080/15428119691014332. PMID: 8931309
Recent trends in bagassosis in Japan.
Ueda A, Aoyama K, Ueda T, Obama K, Ueno T, Hokama S, Nomura S
Br J Ind Med 1992 Jul;49(7):499-506. doi: 10.1136/oem.49.7.499. PMID: 1637710Free PMC Article
Aspects of occupational health in the sugar cane industry.
Phoolchund HN
J Soc Occup Med 1991 Autumn;41(3):133-6. doi: 10.1093/occmed/41.3.133. PMID: 1921344
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent-assay (ELISA) for IgG in bagasse workers' sera: comparison with counter-immunoelectrophoresis.
Boiron P, Drouhet E, Dupont B
Clin Allergy 1987 Jul;17(4):355-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1987.tb02025.x. PMID: 3621552
Bagassosis: an epidemiological, environmental, and clinical survey.
Hearn CE
Br J Ind Med 1968 Oct;25(4):267-82. doi: 10.1136/oem.25.4.267. PMID: 5723350Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a comprehensive review.
Wild LG, Lopez M
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2001;11(1):3-15. PMID: 11436968
The medical and epidemiologic effects on workers of the levels of airborne Thermoactinomyces Spp. spores present in Australian raw sugar mills.
Dawson MW, Scott JG, Cox LM
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1996 Nov;57(11):1002-12. doi: 10.1080/15428119691014332. PMID: 8931309
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent-assay (ELISA) for IgG in bagasse workers' sera: comparison with counter-immunoelectrophoresis.
Boiron P, Drouhet E, Dupont B
Clin Allergy 1987 Jul;17(4):355-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1987.tb02025.x. PMID: 3621552
Immunological aspects of bagassosis.
Hearn CE, Holford-Strevens V
Br J Ind Med 1968 Oct;25(4):283-92. doi: 10.1136/oem.25.4.283. PMID: 4972748Free PMC Article
Bagassosis.
Hargreave FE, Pepys J, Holford-Strevens V
Lancet 1968 Mar 23;1(7543):619-20. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(68)91238-5. PMID: 4170904

Therapy

The medical and epidemiologic effects on workers of the levels of airborne Thermoactinomyces Spp. spores present in Australian raw sugar mills.
Dawson MW, Scott JG, Cox LM
Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1996 Nov;57(11):1002-12. doi: 10.1080/15428119691014332. PMID: 8931309
Clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory criteria for the diagnosis of bagassosis.
Rodríguez Lastra J, Paz L, Rodríguez González A, Solaum T, González O
Am J Ind Med 1990;17(1):81-3. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700170122. PMID: 2305800
Pulmonary function at rest and during exercise following bagassosis.
Miller GJ, Hearn CE, Edwards RH
Br J Ind Med 1971 Apr;28(2):152-8. doi: 10.1136/oem.28.2.152. PMID: 4995433Free PMC Article
Early bagassosis.
GANGULY SK, PAL SC
J Indian Med Assoc 1955 Jan 1;24(7):253-4. PMID: 13233534

Prognosis

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a comprehensive review.
Wild LG, Lopez M
J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2001;11(1):3-15. PMID: 11436968
Recent trends in bagassosis in Japan.
Ueda A, Aoyama K, Ueda T, Obama K, Ueno T, Hokama S, Nomura S
Br J Ind Med 1992 Jul;49(7):499-506. doi: 10.1136/oem.49.7.499. PMID: 1637710Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Respiratory health effects and immunological response to Thermoactinomyces among sugar cane workers in Nicaragua.
Romeo L, Dalle Molle K, Zanoni G, Peretti A, Marangi G, Conrado LG, Aragón A, Perbellini L
Int J Occup Environ Health 2009 Jul-Sep;15(3):249-54. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.3.249. PMID: 19650579
Sequential observations on pulmonary functional derangements in Bagassosis.
Jenkins DE, Malik SK, Figueroa-Casas JC, Eichhorn RD
Arch Intern Med 1971 Oct;128(4):535-40. PMID: 5111660

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