Sirolimus-Induced Interstitial Pneumonitis in an Islet Transplant Recipient [5]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3191-

  Digon III, Benigno J ^b   Rother, Kristina I ^b   Hirshberg, Boaz ^b   Harlan, David M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; ETIRACETAM; MAGNESIUM; NITROFURANTOIN; PRAVASTATIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 0242332259     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.11.3191     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Mahalati K, Murphy D, West M: Bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia in renal transplant recipients. Transplantation 69:1531-1532, 2000
2. Singer SJ, Tiernan R, Sullivan EJ: Interstitial pneumonitis associated with sirolimus therapy in renal-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med 343:1815-1816, 2000
3. Morelon E, Stern M, Israel-Biet D, Correas JM, Danel C, Mamzer-Bruneel MF, Peraldi MN, Kreis H: Characteristics of sirolimus-associated interstitial pneumonitis in renal transplant patients. Transplantation 72:787-790, 2001
4. McWilliams TJ, Levvey BJ, Russell PA, Milne DG, Snell GI: Interstitial pneumonitis associated with sirolimus: a dilemma for lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 22:210-213, 2003