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Two unusual pathological reactions to nitrofurantoin: case reports
Author(s) -
MAGEE F.,
WRIGHT J. L.,
CHAN N.,
CURRIE W.,
KARR G.,
HOGG J.,
THURLBECK W. M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1986.tb02523.x
Subject(s) - nitrofurantoin , pathological , medicine , pathology , biology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , ciprofloxacin
Idiosyncratic pulmonary reactions to nitrofurantoin are not unusual, often presenting as eosinophilic pneumonia. We report two cases of uncommon pathological reactions, one resembling a hypersensitivity pneumonitis and the other mimicking a giant cell interstitial pneumonia,