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).

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

organic dust toxic syndrome

,

ODTS

A 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, hypersensitivity

Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners