International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Case Report
Exposure to Parakeets and Bronchiolitis obliteransDaschner A. · Moreno-Ancillo A. · Barranco P. · López-Serrano C.Allergy Unit, University Hospital ‘La Paz’, Madrid, Spain
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: March 05, 1998
Issue release date: March 1998
Number of Print Pages: 3
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 2
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/IAA
Abstract
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.
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Article / Publication Details
Published online: March 05, 1998
Issue release date: March 1998
Number of Print Pages: 3
Number of Figures: 1
Number of Tables: 2
ISSN: 1018-2438 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0097 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/IAA
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