1. Familial Summer-type Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Review of 25 Families and 50 Cases in Japan.
- Author
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Asai N, Kaneko N, Ohkuni Y, Aoshima M, and Kawamura Y
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic complications, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic drug therapy, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic epidemiology, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic etiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cough etiology, Dyspnea etiology, Female, Fever etiology, Humans, Japan epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Recurrence, Trichosporonosis complications, Trichosporonosis drug therapy, Trichosporonosis epidemiology, Adrenal Cortex Hormones administration & dosage, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic diagnosis, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Housing standards, Seasons, Trichosporon pathogenicity, Trichosporonosis diagnosis
- Abstract
Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis (SHP) is the most common form of pneumonitis in Japan; it accounts for 74% of all cases. It has been reported that 19.5-23.8% of SHP cases occur in families who live in the same house. We present our SHP cases and review 50 familial cases in 23 families that were reported in Japan (including our own) and 48 cases that were previously described in 22 articles published between January 1982 and October 2011. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first review article in English to document the familial occurrence of SHP in Japan.
- Published
- 2016
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