Hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by occupational exposure to phytase

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1507-1509

  Van Heemst, R C ^a   Sander, I ^e   Rooyackers, J ^c   De Jong, L ^b   Djamin, R S ^a   Aerts, J G ^a,d   Belderbos, H N A ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ARBO Union   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Expertise Center for Occupational Respiratory Disorders NECORD   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Phytase

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BECLOMETASONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTASE; POLITEF; PREDNISONE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COUGHING; CROSS REACTION; DUST; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEVER; FILTER; GAS MASK; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALAISE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRICHODERMA REESEI; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; VITAL CAPACITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

6-PHYTASE; ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249135966     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00035408     Document Type: Article

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