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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and airways hyperreactivity induced by occupational exposure to penicillin
A de Hoyos1, D L Holness, S M Tarlo
1Division of Respirology and Occupational Lung Disease Clinic, Toronto Hospital, Canada.
Chest
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A patient with penicillin-induced hyperreactive airways in association with hypersensitivity pneumonitis is described. Patch tests and intradermal tests to penicillin were positive. Bronchoalveolar lavage demonstrated a relative lymphocytosis and mild neutrophilia. Symptoms and physiologic abnormalities of pulmonary function and gas exchange resolved on cessation of exposure to penicillin.