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
Botulism (foodborne-, wound-)
Wound botulism
Publications
A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness.
Case reports in critical care. 2017;2017:7941715
Recurrent wound botulism among injection drug users in California.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2011;52(7):862-6
A 38-year-old woman with heroin addiction, ptosis, respiratory failure, and proximal myopathy.
Chest. 2008;134(4):867-870
Botulism as a cause of respiratory failure in injecting drug users.
Irish journal of medical science. 2003;172(3):143-4
Clinical predictors of respiratory failure and long-term outcome in black tar heroin-associated wound botulism.
Chest. 2001;120(2):562-6