The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

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The immune reconstitution syndrome (IRCS)

Publications

Shah I, Chilkar S, Patil M, Ali U

Acute respiratory distress during paradoxical reaction to antituberculous therapy in an 8-month-old child.

Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society 2012 Oct;29;381-3 — 2012 Oct — 381-3

Pepper DJ, Marais S, Maartens G, Rebe K, Morroni C, Rangaka MX, Oni T, Wilkinson RJ, Meintjes G

Neurologic manifestations of paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case series.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009 Jun 01;48;e96-107 — 2009 Jun 01 — e96-107