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2214418

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
We report 2 patients with Bird breeder's lung associated with keeping budgerigars. Patient 1 kept a budgerigar indoors for 13 years. Histological examination revealed fibrosis and granulomatous changes in the alveolar septa. Among T lymphocyte subsets in BALF, helper T cell were increased. In the serum, precipitating antibodies to budgerigar dropping extract were observed. Patient 2 had kept Budgerigar for 7 months. Histologically, alveolitis was the primary finding, and suppressor T cell in the BALF were increased. Precipitating antibodies to budgerigar dropping extract was observed only in the BALF but not in serum. In patient 1 who showed a chronic course and granuloma formation, helper T cell in the BALF were increased while in patient 2 who showed an acute course and alveolitis, suppressor T cell in the BALF were increased, and precipitating antibody was observed only in the BALF. These findings suggest that T lymphocyte subsets in the BALF differ depending on the stage of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and specific local antibody production precedes systemic antibody production.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0301-1542
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
756-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Two cases of budgerigar breeder's lung].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports