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Immune alveolitis in interstitial lung disease: an attractive cytological profile in immunocompromised patients
BackgroundBronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a major diagnostic tool in interstitial lung disease (ILD). Its use remains largely quantitative, usually...
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Fungal Sensitization and Human Allergic Disease
Purpose of the ReviewFungal sensitizations have been associated with hypersensitivity reactions with variable levels of evidence available to link...
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Bronchoalveolar lavage cell profiles and proteins concentrations can be used to phenotype extrinsic allergic alveolitis patients
BackgroundExtrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) patients form heterogenous group with different clinical manifestation and different prognosis. We...
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Skin tests, serological IgE detection, basophil test—what is available, useful and helps to clarify a mold allergy?
The prevalence of sensitization to molds is low in healthy people, but significant in asthmatics. As it has not yet been possible to establish...
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Allergen-specific immunotherapy for mold allergies
Molds are ubiquitous in our environment and are considered by the population to be the most important indoor pollutant problem [
1 ]. The current 2023...
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Improved IgG antibody diagnostics of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and pulmonary mycoses by means of newly evaluated serum antibody ranges and frequencies using IgG ImmunoCAP™
BackgroundThe ranges of most human IgG antibodies against avian, microbial, and chemical antigens between their cut off values and their maximum...
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Aspergillus-associated diseases from an infectious diseases and allergological perspective
Aspergillus -associated diseases are rare and pose challenges for practitioners. Diagnosis is complex and requires rational, targeted, and...
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Novel acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis model induced by airway mycosis and high dose lipopolysaccharide
BackgroundInhalation of fungal spores is a strong risk factor for severe asthma and experimentally leads to development of airway mycosis and...
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Grundlagen der Allergiediagnostik
BackgroundAllergies are frequent and approximately 30% of the general population in Germany are affected. The specific sensitization against an...
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The German guideline on medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure: key messages
The AWMF S2k guideline “Medical clinical diagnostics for indoor mold exposure” was introduced in 2016. The guideline is based on a standardized...
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Apical fibrosis was the most common incidental pulmonary finding in a familial Mediterranean fever cohort
IntroductionFamilial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is one of the common autoinflammatory diseases with multisystemic manifestation. Pleuritis is the only...
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Fibrosierte Hypersensitivitätspneumonie: Fokus auf pathologierelevante Aspekte der neuen klinischen Leitlinie der ATS/JRS/ALAT zur Diagnostik der Hypersensitivitätspneumonie bei Erwachsenen
Hypersensitivity pneumonia (HP), also called exogenous allergic alveolitis, is a chronic interstitial pneumonia induced by a hypersensitivity...
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Coronary stent implantation links to the occurrence of eosinophilia and interstitial pneumonia: a case report and systematic review
BackgroundRapamycin has been extensively utilized for coating coronary artery stents to reduce the occurrence of restenosis, yet there has been...
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Klimawandel und Typ-I-Allergien im Beruf
The consequences of climate change, the increasing frequency, duration and intensity of extreme events such as excessive drought, heat waves,...
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The value of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in occupational diseases – a systematic review
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) is a non-invasive biomarker of respiratory tract inflammation, originally designated to identify eosinophilic...
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Interstitial lung disease related to occupational hard metal exposure: two case reports
BackgroundHard metal lung disease (HMLD) is a relatively less known occupational interstitial lung disease, and instances of HMLD resulting from...
