Cavitating BOOP associated with myeloperoxidase deficiency in a floor cleaner with an incidental heavy exposure to benzalkonium compounds

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-184

  Di Stefano, Fabio ^a,b   Verna, Nicola ^a   Di Giampaolo, Luca ^a   Boscolo, Paolo ^a   Di Gioacchino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Internal Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium compounds; Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Incidental heavy exposure; Myeloperoxidase deficiency

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM; CLARITHROMYCIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037787807     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.45.182     Document Type: Article

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