Fatal pneumonia by Legionella in a farmer with hypersensitivity pneumonitis Neumonía por Legionella con desenlace fatal en un granjero con neumonitis por hipersensibilidad

• Main Authors: Vega García López (Author), Elena Ordoqui García (Author), Teresa Ferrer Gimeno (Author), Jacinto Irisarri Orta (Author), Marta García Esteban (Author), Aurelio Barricarte Gurrea (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo, 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The retrospective investigation of a fatal sporadic Legionnaires' disease identified an unknown case of occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a swine breeder. Methods: Chest high-resolution computed tomography, bronchoalveolar lavage, lung biopsy, arterial gasometry, pulmonar...