Effects of Corticosteroid Treatment and Antigen Avoidance in a Large Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Cohort: A Single-Centre Cohort Study.
De Sadeleer LaurensFrederik HermansEls De DyckerJonas YserbytJohny A VerschakelenEric K VerbekenGeert M VerledenWim A WuytsPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2018)
nfHP patients experienced an excellent survival with good therapeutic effect on pulmonary function tests with both corticosteroid initiation as well as antigen avoidance. In contrast, fHP patients experienced a dismal prognosis (median survival of 9.2 years) without any therapeutic effect of corticosteroid treatment. Whether antigen avoidance is useful in fHP patients is still unclear.