农民肺是一种吸入含有嗜热性放线菌属芽孢后,出现以发烧、咳嗽、气短为特点的临床综合征。以往对其命名颇不统一,如称为“打谷人肺”、“收割人肺、“过敏性肺炎”、“外源性变态反应性肺泡炎”等。自Fuller CJ 对此综合征采用“农民肺”这一名称后,已为多数学者所接受。农民肺早在1924年首先由加拿大Canham所报告。1932年Campbll 报道了Westmorla-nd 农业工人在处理霉草过程中的发病情况,随后又有学者陆续报道。在我国也报道了某些水 Farmer lungs are a clinical syndrome characterized by fever, cough and shortness of breath after inhalation of spores containing the thermophilic actinomycetes. In the past its name is quite uniform, such as called “threshing human lung”, “harvester lung,” allergic pneumonia “,” extrinsic alveolar alveolar inflammation “etc .. Since Fuller CJ this syndrome using” Farmer lungs "were accepted by most scholars as far back as 1942. Cannon lungs were first reported by Canham in Canada in 1924. In 1932 Campbll reported on the incidence of Westmorla-nd agricultural workers in the treatment of moldy grass, Some scholars have reported one after another, and some water has also been reported in our country