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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Opportunistic pulmonary/systemic infections

Publications

John GT, Shankar V, Abraham AM, Mukundan U, Thomas PP, Jacob CK

Risk factors for post-transplant tuberculosis.

Kidney international 2001 Sep;60;1148-53 — 2001 Sep — 1148-53

Stack WA, Richardson PD, Logan RP, Mahida YR, Hawkey CJ

Nocardia asteroides lung abscess in acute ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine.

The American journal of gastroenterology 2001 Jul;96;2255-6 — 2001 Jul — 2255-6

Quan VA, Saunders BP, Hicks BH, Sladen GE

Cyclosporin treatment for ulcerative colitis complicated by fatal Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1997 Feb 01;314;363-4 — 1997 Feb 01 — 363-4