Detection of satratoxin g and h in indoor air from a water-damaged building

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A new paper on respirable trichothecenes..

Note that this is the THIRD paper to report this kind of result,

(which is perhaps what they mean by 'hardly'?)

Mycopathologia. 2008 Aug;166(2):103-7. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

Detection of satratoxin g and h in indoor air from a water-damaged building.

Gottschalk C, Bauer J, Meyer K.

TU München, Institute of Animal Hygiene, Weihenstephaner Berg 3,

Freising, 85354, Germany, christoph.gottschalk@....

The occurrence of Stachybotrys chartarum in indoor environments

has been linked to adverse health effects as well as few cases of

pulmonary haemorrhages in humans. Although the highly toxic secondary

metabolites of this fungus, like satratoxin G and H, were frequently

claimed with outbreaks of such diseases, these toxins have hardly been

identified in the air of naturally contaminated indoor environments.

Herein, a case of a LC-MS/MS-confirmed occurrence of airborne S.

chartarum-toxins in a water-damaged dwelling is reported. Satratoxin G

(0.25 ng/m(3)) and satratoxin H (0.43 ng/m(3)) were detected. This

provides further evidence that Stachybotrys-toxins can be transferred

from mouldy indoor materials into air, which could be a factor in the

aetiology of health symptoms related to the sick building syndrome.

PMID: 18443920 [PubMed - in process]