Je. Brown et al., HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS FROM RESIDENTIAL COMPOSTING - RESIDENTIAL COMPOSTERS LUNG, Annals of allergy, asthma, & immunology, 74(1), 1995, pp. 45-47
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis results when a susceptible individual is
exposed to sufficient airborne material capable of inducing a systemic
and pulmonary immune response. We describe a man who had all the clas
sic manifestations of hypersensitivity pneumonitis but in whom the cir
cumstances of sensitization, residential yard work with composted yard
clippings, has not previously been reported. We call this new entity
residential composter's lung.