The medical effects of mold exposure.

Creator(s)

Robert K. Bush
Jay M. Portnoy, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Andrew Saxon
Abba I. Terr
Robert A. Wood

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2006

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.12.001

Abstract

Exposure to molds can cause human disease through several well-defined mechanisms. In addition, many new mold-related illnesses have been hypothesized in recent years that remain largely or completely unproved. Concerns about mold exposure and its effects are so common that all health care providers, particularly allergists and immunologists, are frequently faced with issues regarding these real and asserted mold-related illnesses. The purpose of this position paper is to provide a state-of-the-art review of the role that molds are known to play in human disease, including asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, sinusitis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. In addition, other purported mold-related illnesses and the data that currently exist to support them are carefully reviewed, as are the currently available approaches for the evaluation of both patients and the environment.

Journal Title

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology

Volume

117

Issue

2

First Page

326

Last Page

333

MeSH Keywords

Air Pollution, Indoor; Asthma; Environmental Exposure; Fungi; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Mycoses; Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Keywords

Air Pollution, Indoor; Asthma; Environmental Exposure; Fungi; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Mycoses; Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Comments

Erratum in

• J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Jun;117(6):1373
• J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Nov;134(5):1217

Recommended Citation

Bush RK, Portnoy JM, Saxon A, Terr AI, Wood RA. The medical effects of mold exposure [published correction appears in J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006 Jun;117(6):1373] [published correction appears in J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Nov;134(5):1217]. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006;117(2):326-333. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2005.12.001