ventilation pneumonitis
MONDO:0001255Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names ventilation pneumonitis 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 antigens from thermophilic actinomycetes species growing in air conditioners and humidifiers. Fungi like Aureobasidium sp and Candida albicans that survive in the contaminated water in humidifiers and air conditioners are also known to cause the disease.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001255), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: ventilation pneumonitis
- Also called
- humidifier lunghumidifiers lungventilation systems lung