Imatinib-induced interstitial pneumonitis – a literature review and case report [PDF]
Imatinib is generally well tolerated, with mild common side effects such as nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, muscle cramps, fatigue, skin rash and edema; however, pulmonary complications are uncommon. A 73-year-old woman undergoing one month treatment with
Ciulei, George +12 more
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Cosmetic Talc-Related Pulmonary Granulomatosis. [PDF]
Inhalation of cosmetic talc can lead to pulmonary foreign-body granulomatosis, though fewer than 10 cases of inhaled cosmetic talc-related pulmonary granulomatosis have been reported in adults.
Adams, Jason Y +3 more
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is induced by exposure to an inhaled organic antigen. We present a case of recurrent, acute HP caused by repeated transient exposure to a down sleeping bag in ...
Tiffany Winstone +5 more
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An unusual presentation of a case of human psittacosis [PDF]
Background: Chlamydia psittaci is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular organism. Birds are the main reservoir, but also non-avian domestic animals and humans can be infected.
Boelens, Jerina +7 more
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Bird Fancier's lung: An underdiagnosed etiology of dyspnea
Bird Fancier's Lung is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, an immunologically mediated lung disease due to repetitive exposure of air-borne avian antigen.
Abigayle Sullivan +4 more
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A vaccine formulated with the major outer membrane protein can protect C3H/HeN, a highly susceptible strain of mice, from a Chlamydia muridarum genital challenge. [PDF]
C3H/HeN female mice were vaccinated with native Chlamydia muridarum major outer membrane protein (MOMP), using Montanide+CpG or Alum+CpG as adjuvants. Negative control groups were immunized with ovalbumin (OVA) and the same adjuvants. As positive control,
de la Maza, Luis M +2 more
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis of a bagpipe player: Fungal antigens as trigger?
Here we present a 79-year old man with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis probably caused by fungal contamination of a bagpipe. Several samples were taken from the patient's bagpipe.
Katharina Ziegler +5 more
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Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group. [PDF]
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer. However, increasing use of immune-based therapies, including the widely used class of agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, has exposed a discrete group of immune-related adverse ...
Abdallah, K. +80 more
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Features of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy‐diagnosed fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Background Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a common type among all the interstitial lung diseases, and transbronchial lung cryobiopsy is an alternative diagnostic technique for interstitial lung diseases.
Xi Zhan +14 more
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A haemodynamic study of pulmonary hypertension in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis [PDF]
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a common fibrotic interstitial lung disease. the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension diagnosed by right heart catheterisation and its cardiopulmonary function findings in patients with chronic hypersensitivity ...
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