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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

X.ac

Anti-GBM antibody disease (Goodpasture-like or flare of preexisting GS)

Publications

Meyer D, Coles A, Oyuela P, Purvis A, Margolin DH

Case report of anti-glomerular basement membrane disease following alemtuzumab treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis and related disorders. 2013;2(1):60-3

Clatworthy MR, Wallin EF, Jayne DR

Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease after alemtuzumab.

The New England journal of medicine. 2008;359(7):768-9