← ReturnThere are 2 exposures and 45 cases of HP where Sphingobacterium spiritivorum was identified as an antigen.

Humidifiers
2018	New insights in sphingobacterium spiritivorum, the antigen of extrinsic allergic alveolitis from steam iron Sennekamp, J., et al.  Atemwegs- und Lungenkrankheiten. Cases: 44
Steam Irons
2005	Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) caused by Sphingobacterium spiritivorum from the water reservoir of a steam iron Kämpfer, P., et al.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Cases: 1