S7 Nitrofurantoin Lung Toxicity - Are Steroids Useful?
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Severe nitrofurantoin lung disease resolving without the use of steroids.
We report a case of an elderly woman who developed a severe, chronic pulmonary reaction to nitrofurantoin therapy that she had taken continuously for three years to prevent urinary tract infections. The patient was taking no other drug known to cause lung disease but the diagnosis was delayed by failure to recognize the association between nitrofurantoin and adverse drug reactions affecting the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206260.13