bagassosis

bagassosis /bag·as·so·sis/ (bag″ah-so´sis) hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to inhalation of dust from bagasse (the residue of cane after extraction of sugar).

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bag·as·so·sis (bg-sss)

n.

A respiratory disorder caused by dust from waste sugar cane fiber.

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bagassosis

[bag′əsō′sis]

a self-limited lung disease caused by an allergic response to bagasse, the fungi-laden, dusty debris left after the syrup has been extracted from sugarcane. It is characterized by fever, dyspnea, and malaise.

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Bagassosis

A hypersensitivity pneumonitis seen in cane sugar workers sensitive to Thermoactinomyces sacchari and/or T vulgaris, fungi that grow well in sugar cane pressings

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pneumonitis [noo″mo-ni´tis]

inflammation of the lung; see also pneumonia.

hypersensitivity pneumonitis a respiratory hypersensitivity reaction to repeated inhalation of organic particles, usually in an occupational setting, with onset a few hours after exposure to the allergen. Many different substances are potential causes of the condition; see bagassosis, farmer's lung, and pigeon breeder's lung. Characteristics include fever, fatigue, chills, unproductive cough, tachycardia, and tachypnea; in the chronic form there is interstitial fibrosis with collagenous thickening of the alveolar septa. Called also extrinsic allergic alveolitis.

radiation pneumonitis lung inflammation resulting from radiation exposure, usually radiation therapy, with coughing, dyspnea, and alveolar infiltration of secretions, leading to mild to severe or even fatal fibrosis 6 to 9 months after the exposure.

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bagassosis

a hypersensitivity pneumonitis of humans caused by inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes in moldy bagasse.

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bagassosis

Occupational medicine A hypersensitivity pneumonitis seen in cane sugar workers sensitive to Thermoactinomyces sacchari, T vulgaris, a fungus that grows well in sugar cane pressings. See Farmer's lung.