Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by misting fountains

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 943-947

  Koschel, Dirk ^a   Stark, Wolfram ^b   Karmann, Fritz ^c   Sennekamp, Jochen ^d   Müller Wening, Dietrich ^a  

^a Zusamklinik   (Germany)

^b Klinik Lowenstein   (Germany)

^c Praxis Dr Karmann   (Germany)

^d Labor Professor Sennekamp   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Humidifier fever; Humidifier lung; Misting fountain; Ultrasonic home humidifier

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; ULTRASONICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 20444380357     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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