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9540375

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
A 51-year old woman developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis to spinach powder, which is used as a food dye. The diagnosis was confirmed by demonstration of IgG2-antibodies in the patient's serum to distinct bands of spinach extract by Western blotting. Furthermore an exposure test with the natural allergen was positive. Severe disease with fever, chills and dyspnoea developed after inhalation of native spinach powder. Arterial pO2 dropped significantly and pulmonary function tests showed severe restrictive impairment and reduction of diffusion capacity. Leucocyte count and the serum concentrations of the cytokines TNF alpha and IL6 and of the soluble IL2-receptor rose significantly in peripheral blood, whereas the concentration of neopterine did not change. 24 hours after exposure bronchoalveolar lavage showed an increase of neutrophils. In lung parenchyma mononuclear interstitial infiltrates and an epitheloid cell granuloma were seen.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0934-8387
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-4-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Spinach powder-induced exogenous allergic alveolitis].
pubmed:affiliation
Forschungszentrum Borstel, Medizinische Klinik.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports