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Post‐infectious bronchiolitis obliterans
Author(s) -
Colom Alejandro J.,
Teper Alejandro M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.24221
Subject(s) - bronchiolitis obliterans , medicine , bronchiolitis , lung transplantation , respiratory tract , lung , connective tissue , pathology , respiratory disease , immunology , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , virus
Bronchiolitis obliterans is a rare and severe chronic lung disease resulting from a lower respiratory tract lesion. It may occur after a bone marrow or lung transplantation, infectious diseases, or less frequently after inhaling toxic substances or after connective tissue diseases. Pathology, pathogenesis, and molecular biology, as well as the best treatment of bronchiolitis obliterans, remain the subject of ongoing research. This review discusses our current knowledge of different areas of bronchiolitis obliterans associated with infectious lesions.