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Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP), also known as cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP), is an inflammation of the bronchioles and surrounding tissue in the lungs. It mimics infectious pneumonia. However, diagnosis is suspected after there is no response to multiple antibiotics and blood and sputum cultures are negative for organisms. Patients with BOOP almost always have a pre existing chronic inflammatory disease like rheumatoid arthritis.
Boop is also a word meaning an akward poke. But back to the illness.
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- Cough
- Dyspnea
- Influenza-like symptoms
- febrile illness
- widespread crackles
- mild resting hypoxemia
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