cork-handlers' disease
MONDO:0004549Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cork-handlers' disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by inhalation of cork dust containing the antigens produced by the fungus Penicillium glabrum. The symptoms include dyspnea, wheezing cough, fever and asthenia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004549), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- DyspneaMondoHP:0002094
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: cork-handlers' disease
- Also called
- cork worker's lungcork workers lungSuberosis