Bird Fancier's Disease Due to Exposure to Birds Via a Desert Cooler

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically mediated pulmonary disease caused by various organic particles and some non-organic chemicals. HP is mostly associated with some occupations such as farming and bird breeding. We report a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a housewife with...

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Autores principales: Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Hashemi, Seyed Hesam, Esfahani, Amir Hossein Naseri
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23930172
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author Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang
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description Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically mediated pulmonary disease caused by various organic particles and some non-organic chemicals. HP is mostly associated with some occupations such as farming and bird breeding. We report a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a housewife without any prior history of occupational exposures. The disease was developed due to indirect exposure of the patient to doves antigens via a desert cooler ducts.
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spelling pubmed-37331922013-08-08 Bird Fancier's Disease Due to Exposure to Birds Via a Desert Cooler Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang Hashemi, Seyed Hesam Esfahani, Amir Hossein Naseri Int J Prev Med Case Report Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an immunologically mediated pulmonary disease caused by various organic particles and some non-organic chemicals. HP is mostly associated with some occupations such as farming and bird breeding. We report a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a housewife without any prior history of occupational exposures. The disease was developed due to indirect exposure of the patient to doves antigens via a desert cooler ducts. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3733192/ /pubmed/23930172 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Bird Fancier's Disease Due to Exposure to Birds Via a Desert Cooler
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