Sirolimus-induced interstitial pneumonitis in a renal transplant patient

Respiratory Care

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1659-1661

  Mingos, Mark A ^a   Kane, Gregory C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonitis; Kidney; Sirolimus; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CALCITRIOL; CEFTRIAXONE; ESTROGEN; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PNEUMONIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 33644875572     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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