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

I.c

Eosinophilic pneumonia (pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia)

Publications

Sitbon O, Bidel N, Dussopt C, Azarian R, Braud ML, Lebargy F, Fourme T, de Blay F, Piard F, Camus P

Minocycline pneumonitis and eosinophilia. A report on eight patients.

Archives of internal medicine 1994 Jul 25;154;1633-40 — 1994 Jul 25 — 1633-40

Ho D, Tashkin DP, Bein ME, Sharma O

Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia associated with tetracycline.

Chest 1979 Jul;76;33-6 — 1979 Jul — 33-6