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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hadeel Maksoud M.D.[2]

Overview

Common causes of bronchiolitis include inhalational injury, viral, and drug induced, such as, mineral dusts, diacetyl, RSV and busulfan. Less common causes include heart/lung/kidney transplant, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.

Causes

Life-threatening Causes

  • Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
  • Life-threatening causes of adult bronchiolitis include irritant gases such as chlorine and mustard gas.

Common Causes

Adult bronchiolitis may be caused by:

Less Common Causes

Less common causes of bronchiolitis include:

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Heart transplant
Chemical/Poisoning Toxic fumes, mineral dusts, irritant gases; chlorine, ammonia, mustard gas, welding vapors, paraquat, diacetyl
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic Sjögren's syndrome, dermatomyositis, paraneoplastic pemphigus
Drug Side Effect Busulfan, cocaine, gold, nimesulide, penicillamine, papaverine, rituximab, sulfasalazine, sulfamethoxypyridazine
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Primary biliary cholangitis, ulcerative colitis
Genetic Ataxia telangiectasia
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), adenovirus, rhinovirus, measles, mumps, varicella zoster, CMV (cytomegalovirus), HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), bordetella pertussis, mycoplasma pneumonia, nocardia
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic Lysinuric protein intolerance
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic Paraneoplastic pemphigus, malignant histiocytosis
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity Toxic fumes, mineral dusts, irritant gases; chlorine, ammonia, mustard gas, welding vapors, paraquat, diacetyl, busulfan, cocaine, gold, nimesulide, penicillamine, papaverine, rituximab, sulfasalazine, sulfamethoxypyridazine
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome), lung transplant
Renal/Electrolyte Kidney transplant
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy Wegener's granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis), churg-strauss syndrome (eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis), rheumatoid arthritis, sjögren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Cryptogenic bronchiolitis obliterans

Causes in Alphabetical Order

List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.


References

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  2. van Rooy FG, Rooyackers JM, Prokop M, Houba R, Smit LA, Heederik DJ (September 2007). "Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in chemical workers producing diacetyl for food flavorings". Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 176 (5): 498–504. doi:10.1164/rccm.200611-1620OC. PMID 17541015.
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  6. "Obliterative bronchiolitis in workers in a coffee-processing facility - Texas, 2008-2012". MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 62 (16): 305–7. April 2013. PMC 4604960. PMID 23615673.
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