Table 1
Acute DPLD
| Cause | Example |
|---|---|
| Infection | Bacterial (including tuberculosis) |
| Viral (e.g. chicken pox, measles) | |
| Fungal (e.g. invasive aspergillosis, histoplasmosis. associated with immunodeficiency, e.g. Pneumocystis and cytomegalovirus) |
|
| Allergy | Drugs1-150 (e.g. penicillin) |
| Fungi (e.g. aspergillosis) | |
| Helminths (e.g.Toxocara) | |
| Toxins | Drugs1-150 (e.g. cytotoxics, amiodarone) |
| Toxic gases, fumes (e.g. chlorine) | |
| Haemodynamic | Left venticular failure1-150, fluid overload, renal failure |
| Vasculitis/haemorrhage1-150 | Goodpasture’s syndrome, idiopathic haemosiderosis, Behcet’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener’s granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome |
| ARDS | Trauma, septicaemia |
| Unknown | Cryptogenic organising pneumonia1-150, cryptogenic pulmonary eosinophilia1-150 |
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After reference 39.
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↵1-150 May also present with chronic disease.
