Hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to lovebirds: A new cause of bird fancier's disease

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 517-521

  Funke, M ^a   Fellrath, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bird fancier's disease; Droppings; Environmental history; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Lovebirds; Precipitins

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; STEROID; ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PRECIPITIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD BREEDER LUNG; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARROT;

AGAPORNIS; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BIRD FANCIER'S LUNG; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COUGH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITINS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56149087534     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00108507     Document Type: Article

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