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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Mefloquine

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I.c Eosinophilic pneumonia (pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia)

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Last update : 14/04/2012
 
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Malaria prophylaxis
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Publications

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with mefloquine prophylaxis: A case report.
Respiratory medicine case reports 2025;56;102238 2025
Mefloquine-induced eosinophilic pneumonia.
Pharmacotherapy 2007 Dec;27;1767-71 2007 Dec
Mefloquine-induced pneumonitis.
Journal of travel medicine 2006;13;172-4 2006
[Case of drug-induced pneumonia possibly due to mefloquine (antimalarial drug)].
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society 2005 Feb;43;103-7 2005 Feb
Pulmonary toxicity of malaria prophylaxis.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1988 Nov 12;297;1240-1 1988 Nov 12

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