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Bird Fancier’s lung

Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1986
Five patients with extrinsic allergic alveolitis, due to Bird Fancier’s Disease are described. Four acquired their disease from pigeons and one from budgerigars. Four patients made a good recovery but one, a girl of 14 years who had the most severe disease initially, did not improve and progressed to pulmonary fibrosis and cor pulmonale.
E. Keelan, W. D. Linehan, P. Keelan
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Bird Fancier's Lung: A State-of-the-Art Review

Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 2011
Bird fancier's lung (BFL) resulting from avian antigen exposure is a very common form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Its pathogenesis is modified by genetic polymorphisms located within the major histocompatibility complex, and also by smoking, which may decrease serum antibody response to inhaled antigen.
Heba Ismail, Maya Juarez, Kevin O. Leslie, Andrew L. Chan, Timothy E Albertson   +4 more
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BIRD-FANCIER'S LUNG AND JEJUNAL VILLOUS ATROPHY

The Lancet, 1975
Sixteen patients with bird-fancier's lung were screened for evidence of coeliac disease by assessing their clinical features, red-bloodcell or serum folate levels, and serum for reticulin antibodies. Five of nine patients selected for jejunal biopsy showed villous atrophy, and in some this seemed to be a true gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
Ralph Wright, P.F. Fitzpatrick, O.E. Eade, W.T. Berrill, I. Hyde, W.M. Macleod   +5 more
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Bird fancier's lung serodiagnosis by automated r-IgLL1 ELISA

Journal of Immunological Methods, 2022
Bird fancier's lung (BFL) is the most prevalent form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) worldwide. The current techniques used for the serological diagnosis of BFL all use crude extracts from feathers, droppings, and blooms as test antigens, which is associated with a lack of standardization and variability of the results.
Adeline, Rouzet, Emeline, Scherer, Coralie, Barrera, Anne, Gondouin, Gabriel, Reboux, Karine, Humbert, Laurence, Millon, Anne-Pauline, Bellanger   +7 more
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Rosella Parrot Exposure as a Cause of Bird Fancier's Lung

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2005
A case of a 30-year-old man who presented with a 2-month history of progressively worsening dyspnoea, cough, and reduced exercise tolerance is discussed. A chest x-ray and computerized tomography of the chest suggested interstitial lung disease, which was confirmed on histology of an open lung biopsy.
Kurt Spiteri Cornish, Maryanne Caruana, Cynthia Farrugia Jones, Stefan Bajada, Joseph Cacciottolo   +4 more
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Inhalation Provocation Tests in Chronic Bird Fancier's Lung

Chest, 2000
Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) can be classified into two types. One group of patients develops chronic disease with fluctuating acute episodes, including low-grade fever, mild exertional dyspnea, and cough (fluctuating chronic BFL; formerly termed recurrent and relapsing chronic BFL).
Naohiko Inase, Shuji Miyake, Megumi Sawada, Yoshio Ohtani, Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, Yuki Sumi, Kaoru Kojima   +6 more
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Immunogenic Proteins Specific to Different Bird Species in Bird Fancier’s Lung

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 2014
Bird fancier's lung (BFL) is a disease produced by exposure to avian proteins present in droppings, blooms, and serum of a variety of birds. Although serological test results are currently used to confirm clinical diagnosis of the disease, bird species specificity is poorly understood.
Rouzet, Adeline, Reboux, Gabriel, Rognon, Bénédicte, Barrera, Coralie, De Vuyst, Paul, Dalphin, Jean-Charles, Millon, Laurence, Roussel, Sandrine   +7 more
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Impaired CO transfer factors in bird fancier’s lung

Lung, 1978
We studied 24 patients with bird fancier’s lung (proven by serological, clinical and radiological tests) in order to record the severity and pattern of defects in CO transfer. We measured dynamic and static lung volumes (FVC, FEV1, FRC, RV), lung mechanics (Raw, CL), CO transfer factors (TL, TM, VC), CO transfer coefficients (TL/VL, TM/VL, VC/VL) as ...
Vogel J, Petro W, Müller E, U. Unger, K. C. Bergmann   +4 more
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Fatal Diffuse Alveolar Damage from Bird Fanciers’ Lung

Respiration, 1997
A 68-year-old man, who had continuing exposure to budgerigars, developed fatal acute respiratory failure following years of slowly progressive pulmonary deterioration. His lung function was characterized first by mild airflow obstruction and later by progressive loss of lung volume.
J. Hata, A. Takata, Minoru Kanazawa, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi, K. Soejima, C. Kawai, Chikao Torikata, Sadatomo Tasaka   +7 more
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