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organic dust toxic syndrome
or·gan·ic dust tox·ic syn·drome (ODTS) (ōr-gan'ik dŭst tok'sik sin'drōm) A noninfectious febrile illness associated with chills, malaise, myalgia, dry cough, dyspnea, headache, and nausea that occur after exposure to heavy organic dust; condition shares many clinical features with acute farmer's lung and other forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (e.g., presence of increased numbers of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage). organic dust toxic syndrome, ODTSA nonallergenic, noninfectious, respiratory disorder caused by inhalation of organic dusts. The most important sources are cotton dust, which causes byssinosis; grain dust; and exposure to moldy hay, called “farmer's lung.” See: byssinosis; pneumonitis, hypersensitivityAcronymsSeeODTS |