title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to native birds in a bird ringer.
abstract: A bird fancier who had only been exposed to native birds, mostly owls, developed a sever hypersensitivity pneumonitis with a very insidious onset.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kokkarinen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tukiainen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seppä
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Terho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001716:Bird Fancier's Lung / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001717:Birds; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone