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Acute exacerbation in chronic bird fancier's lung with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. [PDF]
Respirol Case Rep, 2021 This is a case of chronic bird fancier's lung (BFL) (java sparrow and budgerigars) presenting with acute exacerbation due to exposure to feather duvet. Chronic BFL occasionally can associate with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE). Searching for precipitins against antigens of bird droppings and feather is useful for our clinicians to make a ...
Sugino K +5 more
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House dust protein level of pigeon drooping and feather in environmental bird exposure-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis “A pilot study” [PDF]
Lung IndiaBackground: Bird fancier’s disease is a type of HP occurring due to exposure to bird’s antigen. The diagnosis is quite difficult as it requires the identification of an inciting agent with findings of HRCT and lung biopsy. The exposure is usually done by
Sonam Spalgais +3 more
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Bird Fancier's lung: a rare clinical image. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med JA 19-year-old male college student presented to the Outpatient Department with complaints of dyspnea, dry cough, and cold for the past 1 month not responding to any treatment with no significant past and personal history. On a detailed history, the patient revealed passive smoking and breeding pigeons at his home for the past 3 years.
Ledwani A, Karnan A.
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Bird fancier's lung complicated by pulmonary nocardiosis. [PDF]
J Bras Pneumol, 2013 We report the case of an 84-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital with persistent cough and dyspnea. An initial chest X-ray revealed pulmonary infiltrates. Nocardia asteroides was detected in sputum, and the patient was treated with antibiotics. However, his symptoms did not completely resolve.
Komiya K +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 +7 more
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Hypersensitivity pneumonia in a schoolchild admitted to the hospital's asthma clinic [PDF]
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2015 Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also called bird-breeder's lung or pigeon-breeder's disease (PBD), is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) that is rare in children.
Semiha Bahçeci Erdem +6 more
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Bird Fancier's lung disease in a child with chronic respiratory illness
Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2021 Muthuvel Balasubramaniyan +5 more
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Medicine, 2008 Bird fancier's lung (BFL) is one of the most common types of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Nevertheless, the criteria for diagnosing this condition are not standardized. The current study is an in-depth investigation into the clinical characteristics of BFL in the largest series examined for this purpose by a single group, to our knowledge, taking into
Ferran, Morell +5 more
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Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013 Relatamos o caso de um paciente de 84 anos que foi hospitalizado devido a tosse persistente e dispneia. A radiografia de tórax inicial revelou infiltrados pulmonares. Nocardia asteroides foi detectada no escarro, e o paciente foi tratado com antibióticos;
Kosaku Komiya +5 more
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Is bird fancier's lung associated with coeliac disease? [PDF]
Thorax, 1978 Hendrick DJ +4 more
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