Concomitant pulmonary and hepatic toxicity secondary to nitrofurantoin: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Peall, Adrian F ^a   Hodges, Aidan ^a  

^a HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; FLUTICASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NAPROXEN; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; STEROID; ZOPICLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TOXICITY; NAUSEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 44949120660     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-59     Document Type: Article

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