TY - JOUR
KW - Dapsone
KW - Eosinophilia
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Lung
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Pulmonary Eosinophilia
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
AU - Kaur J
AU - Khandpur S
AU - Seith A
AU - Khanna N
AB - <p>A leprosy patient with no prior history of respiratory complaints, developed symptoms of dry cough, fever and dyspnea after six weeks of therapy. Peripheral eosinophilia and radiological evidence of pulmonary interstitial infiltrates pointed towards the possibility of drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonitis. The results of relevant tests for other possible pathologies were normal. The resolution of symptoms without any intervention other than withdrawal of the drug and subsequent re-challenge proved dapsone to be the cause.</p>
BT - Indian journal of leprosy
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16353525?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 2005 Jul-Sep
IS - 3
J2 - Indian J Lepr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A leprosy patient with no prior history of respiratory complaints, developed symptoms of dry cough, fever and dyspnea after six weeks of therapy. Peripheral eosinophilia and radiological evidence of pulmonary interstitial infiltrates pointed towards the possibility of drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonitis. The results of relevant tests for other possible pathologies were normal. The resolution of symptoms without any intervention other than withdrawal of the drug and subsequent re-challenge proved dapsone to be the cause.</p>
PY - 2005
SP - 267
EP - 71
T2 - Indian journal of leprosy
TI - Dapsone-induced eosinophilic pneumonitis in a leprosy patient.
VL - 77
SN - 0254-9395
ER -