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 - Interstitial/parenchymal lung disease
XLVI - Pulmonary vasculopathy
XLIX - Systemic/Distant conditions, syndromes and reactions
LIX - Infections & related conditions
Opportunistic pulmonary/systemic infections
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Tuberculosis (pulmonary, pulmonary, extrapulmonary or disseminated). Reactivation or de novo
Nontuberculous pulmonary mycobacterial infection/superinfection
Viral pneumonia
Cryptococcus pulmonary and/or systemic infection
Histoplamosis (reactivation)