Specific IgG to Thermoactynomices vulgaris, Micropolyspora faeni and Aspergillus fumigatus in building workers exposed to Esparto grass (plasterers) and in patients with esparto-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Gamboa, Pedro M ^a   Urbaneja, F ^b   Olaizola, I ^a   Boyra, J A ^a   Gonzalez G ^a   Antepara I ^a   Urrutia, I ^a   Jauregui I ^a   Sanz, M L ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^b Eusko Jaurlaritza ^*

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Precipitins; Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula; Specific IgG; Thermoactynomices vulgaris

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GRASS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; THERMOACTINOMYCES VULGARIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICROMONOSPORACEAE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POACEAE; PRECIPITINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17444371250     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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