Nitrofurantoin-induced pulmonary fibrosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Goemaere, Natascha N T ^a   Grijm, Karin ^a,b   van Hal, Peter Th W ^a   den Bakker, Michael A ^a  

^a JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b N   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; NITROFURANTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 45149099275     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-169     Document Type: Article

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