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Drug hypersensitivity in students from São Paulo, Brazil

Clinics, 2010
BACKGROUND: Drug hypersensitivity is responsible for substantial mortality and morbidity, and increased health costs. However, epidemiological data on drug hypersensitivity in general or specific populations are scarce.
Luis Felipe Chiaverini Ensina, Maria Helena Lopes Amigo, Thais Koch, Evelyn Guzman, Renata Paoli, Inês Cristina Camelo Nunes   +5 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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Addressing opioid tolerance and opioid‐induced hypersensitivity: Recent developments and future therapeutic strategies

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2021
Opioids are a commonly prescribed and efficacious medication for the treatment of chronic pain but major side effects such as addiction, respiratory depression, analgesic tolerance, and paradoxical pain hypersensitivity make them inadequate and unsafe ...
Faris Khan, Aman Mehan
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Treatment of Severe Asthma: Case Report of Fast Action of Mepolizumab in a Patient with Recent SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Life
Asthma is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases of childhood with a heterogeneous impact on health and quality of life. Mepolizumab is an antagonist of interleukin-5, indicated as an adjunct therapy for severe refractory eosinophilic ...
Cristiana Indolfi, Giulio Dinardo, Angela Klain, Fabio Decimo, Michele Miraglia del Giudice   +4 more
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Characteristics and Risk Factors of Oxaliplatin-related Hypersensitivity Reactions

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2010
Hypersensitivity reactions during oxaliplatin infusion are a major problem associated with its use. In this study, we investigated the characteristics and risk factors of these events.
Yu-Yun Shao, Fu-Chang Hu, Jin-Tung Liang, Wen-Tzu Chiu, Ann-Lii Cheng, Chih-Hsin Yang   +5 more
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A haemodynamic study of pulmonary hypertension in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

, 2014
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 ...
Gimenez, Andrea [UNIFESP], Pereira, Carlos A. C. [UNIFESP], Ramos, Roberta P. [UNIFESP], Ferreira, Eloara V. M. [UNIFESP], Silva, Celia M. C. [UNIFESP], Campos, Orlando [UNIFESP], Kuranishi, Lilian T. [UNIFESP], Oliveira, Rudolf K. F. [UNIFESP], Messina, Carolina M. S. [UNIFESP], Ota-Arakaki, Jaquelina S. [UNIFESP]   +9 more
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Immediate hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine [PDF]

, 2018
Chlorhexidine is a widely used and effective antiseptic agent. Although skin contact is usually well tolerated, it may cause both immediate and delayed hypersensitivity reactions.
Toholka, R, Cahill, J, Vu, M, Nixon, R, Rajgopal Bala, H   +4 more
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Chest imaging of hypersensitivity pneumonitis induced by heroin abuse

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Long‐term abuse of nasally inhaled substances such as heroin can result in life‐threatening hypersensitivity pneumonitis and respiratory distress. In the setting of hypoxia, a chest CTA is often necessary to see the extent of the lung involvement and to ...
Michael C. Bond, Kenneth H. Butler, Adam C. Richardson, Kelly M. Blosser   +3 more
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Respiratory afflictions during hairdressing jobs: case history and clinical evaluation of a large symptomatic case series

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2022
Objectives Respiratory symptoms at work are common among hairdressers. Various working materials, most notably bleaching ingredients such as ammonium persulfate, have been made responsible. The objective of this study is to achieve a better understanding
Julia Hiller, Annette Greiner, Hans Drexler   +2 more
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Human circulating eosinophils secrete macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Potential role in asthma

, 1998
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a potent proinflammatory mediator that has been shown to potentiate lethal endotoxemia and to play a potentially important regulatory role in human acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
N Hirani, S C Donnelly, Bucala, R, Donnelly, Seamas C, A P Greening, A G Rossi, Rossi, Adriano G, Hirani, N, C Haslett, I Rahman, R Bucala, Metz, C N, C N Metz, Rahman, I, Haslett, Christopher, Greening, A. P.   +15 more
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