Humidifier lung: Possible contribution of endotoxin-induced lung injury

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1179-1182

  Ohnishi, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Akihito ^a   Hamada, Hironobu ^a   Manabe, Seiko ^a   Ito, Ryoji ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a   Katayama, Hitoshi ^a   Yasuhara, Yoshifumi ^a   Ikezoe, Junpei ^a   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Ultrasonic humidifier

Indexed keywords

CEFOTIAM; CILASTATIN; ENDOTOXIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; WATER;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYALGIA; PLEURA; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 12244267664     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.1179     Document Type: Article

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