EXPOSURE TO PARAKEETS AND BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS

Authors
DASCHNER A MORENOANCILLO A BARRANCO P LOPEZSERRANO C
Citation
A. Daschner et al., EXPOSURE TO PARAKEETS AND BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS, International archives of allergy and immunology, 115(3), 1998, pp. 254-256
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,Immunology
Journal title
International archives of allergy and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10182438
Volume
115
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
254 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-2438(1998)115:3<254:ETPABO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Case report of a 64-year-old woman with increasing dyspnea and cough. She cared at home for 8 parakeets (Melopsittacus undulatus). Subsequen t studies revealed a restrictive pulmonary defect and transbronchial b iopsy, a histological bronchiolitis obliterans (BO). No significant el evated anti-avian IgG could be detected, probably because of a transie nt hypogammaglobulinaemia. The implication of antigenic exposure to av ian antigens in the pathogenesis of BO is discussed.