'Atypical pneumonia' due to parakeet sensitivity: bird fancier's lung in a 10-year-old girl.
p6trinsic allergic alveolitis is rare in childhood, with most of the cases reported due to exposure to avian precipitins (Stiem et al. 1966; Dinda et al. 1969; Chandra & Everly Jones 1972; El-Hefny et al. 1980). We report a 10-year-old girl with bird fancier's lung, and suggest that environmental antigens should be sought in children presenting with non-resolving chest disease.
D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000941:Antigens / Q000009:adverse effects; D001716:Bird Fancier's Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010240:Parakeets; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011563:Psittaciformes
D000941:Antigens