Exposure to parakeets and bronchiolitis obliterans.
Case report of a 64-year-old woman with increasing dyspnea and cough. She cared at home for 8 parakeets (Melopsittacus undulatus). Subsequent studies revealed a restrictive pulmonary defect and transbronchial biopsy, a histological bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). No significant elevated anti-avian IgG could be detected, probably because of a transient hypogammaglobulinaemia. The implication of antigenic exposure to avian antigens in the pathogenesis of BO is discussed.
Daschner
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Allergy Unit, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Moreno-Ancillo
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Barranco
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López-Serrano
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D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D000542:Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010240:Parakeets / Q000276:immunology
D007074:Immunoglobulin G