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  • Title: Bathtub refinisher's lung: an unusual response to toluene diisocyanate.
    Author: Fink JN, Schlueter DP.
    Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis; 1978 Nov; 118(5):955-9. PubMed ID: 233950.
    Abstract:
    Immunologic and inhalation challenge studies were performed on a patient engaged in bathtub refinishing who developed systemic and respiratory symptoms suggestive of hypersensitivity pneumonitis temporally related to his occupation. The refinishing process used a catalyst containing toluene diisocyanate, and all clinical features of the disorder were reproduced by challenge. No immunologic mechanism could be identified. A change of occupation resulted in complete relief of symptoms.
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