Via practica 2/2008
NONINFECTIONS PULMONARY INFILTRATES
Noninfectious causes of pulmonary infiltrates are less common than infectious, this could be the reason we forget to think about them. Noninfectious causes of pneumonia are aspiration pneumonia, chemical pneumonia, postiradiation pneumonitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, eosinophilic pneumonia. This article is devoted to the literature review of this topic.
Keywords: aspiration pneumonitis, chemical pneumonia, postiradiation pneumonitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, eosinophilic pneumonia.