Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Due To Domestic Mold
Abstract
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a syndrome caused by repeated inhalation of specific antigens from environmental exÂposure in sensitized individuals. It is considered a granulomatous interstitial disease of the lungs. HP is the result of a cell-mediated immune response of the lung to a wide variety of inhaled antigens. The mainstay of diagnosis and management is a careful exposure history and further avoidance of the causative agent if it is identified.References
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1. Alex H. Gifford, Richard I. Enelow, HypersensitivityPneumonitis: In Fisman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders; the McGraw-Hill Companies, 2015 5th ed.p.875.58.
2. Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen R, Rytkonen H, Kokkarinen JI, Tukiainen HO, Partanen K, Terho EO. Long-term risk of emphysema in patients with farmer's lung and matched control farmers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.1998; 158:662–665.
3. Patel AM, Ryu JH, Reed CE. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: current concepts and future questions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2001; 108:661–670.
4. Zwick H, Popp W, Braun O, Wanke T, Wagner C. Personal spore sampling and indirect immunofluorescent test for exploration of hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to mould spores. Allergy.1991; 46:277–283.
5. Girard M, Israel-Assayag E, Cormier Y. Impaired function of regulatory T-cells in hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Eur Respir J. 2011; 37:632–639.
