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Farmer's Lung-Induced Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Complicated by Shock
2011
Respiratory care
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an immunologic reaction to an inhaled antigen, with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. The most common manifestations are fever, cough, and dyspnea. We describe a case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis with marked alveolar lymphocytosis; the patient presented with respiratory failure and shock requiring mechanical ventilation and vasopressive agents. We hypothesized that immune mediators implicated in the pathogenesis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis were
doi:10.4187/respcare.01191
pmid:22005584
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