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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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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Publications

Ernst E, Girndt M, Pliquett RU

A case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis complicated by cyclophosphamide toxicity and opportunistic infections: choosing between Scylla and Charybdis.

BMC nephrology. 2014;15:28

Hunt KK Jr

Post-cyclophosphamide pneumonitis.

The New England journal of medicine. 1972;287(13):668-9

Sen RP, Walsh TE, Fisher W, Brock N

Pulmonary complications of combination therapy with cyclophosphamide and prednisone.

Chest. 1991;99(1):143-6