Disopyramide-induced Pneumonitis, Diagnosed by Lymphocyte Stimulation Test Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever and cough. He had been on disopyramide treatment for nine days to control cardiac arrhythmia. On admission, chest X-ray examination revealed reticulonodular opacities in both lungs, and impending respiratory failure was evident. A differentia...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2001, Vol.40(8), pp.775-778
Hauptverfasser:	YAMAMOTO, Yoshihiro, NARASAKI, Fumihiko, FUTSUKI, Yohji, FUKUSHIMA, Kiyoyasu, TOMONO, Kazunori, KADOTA, Jun-ichi, KOHNO, Shigeru
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - adverse effects Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid CD4-CD8 Ratio CD4/8 Disopyramide - adverse effects Disopyramide - therapeutic use drug-induced pneumonitis Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Lymphocyte Count Lymphocytes Male Medical sciences Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques Pneumonia - chemically induced Respiratory system Ventricular Premature Complexes - drug therapy
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