Allergenic fungi and actinomycetes in smoking materials and their health implications. Mycopathologia 1983 Apr 22;82(1):61-4
Date
04/22/1983Pubmed ID
6348548DOI
10.1007/BF00436948Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0020636716 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 55 CitationsAbstract
Street marijuana, commercial cigarettes and pipe tobaccos were studied for the presence of fungi and actinomycetes associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Aspergillus species and thermophilic actinomycetes were isolated from the smoking materials. In addition, Aspergillus fumigatus spores were isolated from marijuana smoke, indicating the potential hazard involved in developing serious disease. Precipitin antibodies against fungi, particularly Aspergillus, showed a higher prevalence in marijuana smokers, whereas only very few cigarette smokers and nonsmokers demonstrated antibodies to fungi. Cigarette smokers and nonsmokers showed more or less similar prevelance of antibodies against thermophilic actinomycetes.
Author List
Kurup VP, Resnick A, Kagen SL, Cohen SH, Fink JNMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Alveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicAntibodies, Bacterial
Antibodies, Fungal
Aspergillus fumigatus
Cannabis
Fungi
Humans
Micromonosporaceae
Mucor
Plants, Toxic
Smoking
Spores, Fungal
