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Abstract
A form of alveolitis or pneumonitis due to an acquired hypersensitivity to inhaled antigens associated with farm environment. Antigens in the farm dust are commonly from bacteria actinomycetes (SACCHAROPOLYSPORA and THERMOACTINOMYCES), fungi, and animal proteins in the soil, straw, crops, pelts, serum, and excreta.
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- Farmer Lung
- Farmer's Lungs
- Farmers Lung
- Mushroom Worker's Lung
- Mushroom Worker Lung
- Mushroom Worker's Lungs
- Mushroom Workers Lung
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Farmer's Lung. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005203. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005203
- Farmer's Lung. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer%27s_lung
- Farmer's Lung. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396859