Inhalation challenge test using pigeon eggs for chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
Clin Exp Allergy
; 50(12): 1381-1390, 2020 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) remains a diagnostic challenge. The process of collecting and extracting serum and droppings from causative animals for the inhalation challenge test is complicated and the risk of inducing disease progression exists.OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the utility and safety of an inhalation challenge test using pigeon eggs.METHODS:
Pigeon eggs were pasteurized and mixed with a saline solution to produce an inhalation fluid. An inhalation challenge test was conducted on 19 patients with bird-related CHP and 17 patients with interstitial lung disease other than bird-related CHP. To identify antigens in pigeon eggs, the antigen-antibody responses of the pigeon eggs and serum from patients were evaluated using Western blotting.RESULTS:
The mean changes in C-reactive protein, alveolar-arterial oxygen difference, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and lactate dehydrogenase significantly increased by 0.32 mg/dL (P = .014), 7.8 Torr (P = .002), 1.4 mm/h (P = .012), and 5.4 U/mL (P = .0019), respectively, in bird-related CHP group compared to the control 24 hours after the inhalation challenge test. Furthermore, within 24 hours of the inhalation test, the mean forced vital capacity decreased by 2.3% in the bird-related CHP group compared with a decline of 0.05% in the control group (P = .035). Serum collected from seven bird-related CHP patients who underwent the inhalation challenge test and reacted to antigens with molecular weights of 37-75 KDa, and these molecular weights were consistent with egg albumin and globulin.CONCLUSION:
Since a mild response was observed after the inhalation challenge test using pigeon eggs, this test was an obvious candidate for diagnosing bird-related CHP.Palavras-chave
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Columbidae
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Pulmão do Criador de Aves
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Testes Imunológicos
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Testes de Provocação Brônquica
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Alérgenos
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Proteínas do Ovo
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Pulmão
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article