Bronchiolitis obliterans and organising pneumonia caused by carbamazepine and mimicking community acquired pneumonia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 924, 2002, Pages 621-622

  Banka, R ^a   Ward, Mike J ^a  

^a KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MINOCYCLINE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLAMINE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CARBAMAZEPINE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0036809537     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.924.621     Document Type: Article

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