Hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by esparto dust in a young plaster worker: A case report and review of the literature

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Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-423

  Flandes, Javier ^a   Heili, Sarah ^a,b   Seco, Julio Gómez ^a   Sabillón, Oscar ^a   Fernández, Itziar ^a   Ortega, Angel ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Esparto dust; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBON MONOXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FIBROUS DUST; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POACEAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444227628     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079651     Document Type: Review

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