Chacinero's lung - hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to dry sausage dust

• Main Authors: Ferran Morell (Author), Maria-Jesus Cruz (Author), Francisco Pedro Gómez (Author), Francisco Rodriguez-Jerez (Author), Antoni Xaubet (Author), Xavier Muñoz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) comprises a large group of diseases that occur secondary to inhalation of a variety of antigens. This report describes a little-known cause of HP, previously unreported in the English literature. METHODS: Five patients (three women) with a mean age of 41...