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Interstitial pneumonitis following the implantation of a paclitaxel-eluting stent in a patient with peripheral arterial disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
We report a case of interstitial pneumonitis after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation for peripheral arterial disease in a 74-year-old man. Five weeks after the procedure, the patient developed dyspnea and bilateral ground-glass opacities, with a ...
Makoto Haga, MD, PhD, Yuko Iwata, MD, PhD, Jun Nitta, MD, PhD, Junetsu Akasaka, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Mycobacterial Aerosols and Respiratory Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
Environmental opportunistic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium avium, M. terrae, and the new species M. immunogenum, have been implicated in outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis or respiratory problems in a wide variety of settings.
Joseph O. Falkinham
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and its correlation with ambient air pollution in urban India

European Respiratory Journal, 2019
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immune-mediated lung disease (ILD) caused by sensitisation to inhaled organic antigens or low molecular weight chemical compounds.
Sheetu Singh, B. Collins, Mohan Bairwa, J. Joshi, D. Talwar, Nishtha Singh, J. K. Samaria, D. K. Mangal, Virendra Singh, G. Raghu   +9 more
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Role of transforming growth factor beta in assessment of severity of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a single center study

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Background Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a more frequently diagnosed picture of diffuse parenchymal lung disease. It is an inflammation of the lung tissue, provoked by immune mechanisms, which happens to prone individuals as a reaction to a wide ...
Yasmine H. EL Hinnawy, Aymen S. Salem, Hebatallah H. Ahmed, Radwa M. Abdel Halim, Naglaa B. Ahmed   +4 more
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Risk Assessment for Metalworking Fluids and Respiratory Outcomes

Safety and Health at Work, 2019
Background: Metalworking fluids (MWFs) are mixtures with inhalation exposures as mists, dusts, and vapors, and dermal exposure in the dispersed and bulk liquid phase.
Robert M. Park
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Identification of Antigenic Proteins from Lichtheimia corymbifera for Farmer's Lung Disease Diagnosis. [PDF]

, 2015
The use of recombinant antigens has been shown to improve both the sensitivity and the standardization of the serological diagnosis of Farmer's lung disease (FLD).
Barrera, C., Caillaud, D., Court-Fortune, I., Dalphin, J.C., Fellrath, J.M., Jouneau, S., Millon, L., Monod, M., Quadroni, M., Reboux, G., Rognon, B., Roussel, S., Valot, B.   +12 more
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Incidence, comorbidity and survival rate of hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a national population-based study

ERJ Open Research, 2019
Background and objectives Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a rare disease, which can lead to premature death. Few studies have investigated HP on a national level.
A. H. Rittig, Ole Hilberg, R. Ibsen, A. Løkke   +3 more
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Acute life-threatening extrinsic allergic alveolitis in a paint controller [PDF]

, 2017
Background Occupational diisocyanate-induced extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) is a rare and probably underestimated diagnosis. Two acute occupational EAA cases have been described in this context, but neither of them concerned hexamethylene ...
Bieler, G., Danuser, B., Huynh, C. K., Steiner, U.-C, Thorn, D., Tomicic, C., Yawalkar, N.   +6 more
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Domestic hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inadvertent exposure to feathers

Revista Alergia México
Objective: Case series of patients with domestic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, focusing on hidden avian exposures or other non-suspected antigens (feather comforters and pillows).
Katherine Pose, Leticia De Las Vecillas, Margarita Tomás, Pilar Barranco, Santiago Quirce, Javier Domínguez-Ortega   +5 more
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Emphysematous changes in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: A retrospective analysis of 12 patients

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Introduction: Emphysema is most commonly associated with smoking but also occurs in hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). The aim of this study was to further explore this relationship.
Misbah Baqir, Darin White, Jay H. Ryu
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