Giant cell interstitial pneumonia associated with nitrofurantoin

Lung

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-149

  Hargett, Charles William ^a   Sporn, Thomas A ^a   Roggli, Victor L ^a   Hollingsworth, John W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drag toxicity; Giant cells; Heavy; Interstitial; Lung diseases; Metals; Nitrofurantoin

Indexed keywords

NITROFURANTOIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; NITROFURANTOIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33747118104     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-005-2574-z     Document Type: Article

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