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  • Title: [A fatal case of farmer's lung: a study of specific classes of antibodies in the serum and broncho-alveolar lavage].
    Author: Gari M, Richebe P, Mouysset B, Pinon JM.
    Journal: Rev Mal Respir; 1985; 2(1):11-4. PubMed ID: 4012009.
    Abstract:
    A 61 year old agricultural worker, without any respiratory past history, presented with a pulmonary fibrosis of rapid and fatal outcome. This was due to an extrinsic allergic fibrosing alveolitis of the Farmer's lung type. A search for precipitins "vis-à-vis" Micropolyspora faeni was strongly positive in the serum and broncho-alveolar lavage. Specific IgA antibodies to M. faeni, as well as specific antigenic fractions of M. faeni were demonstrated in the broncho-alveolar lavage. This IgA was almost certainly produced locally.
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