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Philippe Camus, M.D.
Dijon, France
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Diagnosing DIRD
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Drug and radiation history
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Drug singularity - Correct identification of the drug
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Consistent timing of exposure v. onset of symptoms
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Clinical, imaging, BAL, pathological pattern consistent with the specific drug
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Careful exlusion of another cause
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Remission of symptoms with removal of drug
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Recurrence with rechallenge (rarely advisable)
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Causality assessment
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See also under
Aurothiopropanosulfonate
Publications
[Gold salt-induced lung disease].
Gold-induced pneumonitis: computed tomography findings in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
[Pulmonary toxicity of gold salts].
Gold-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Diffuse interstitial lung disease associated with hypersensitivity to gold salt.
Gold-induced lung disease.
Reversal of progressive, life-threatening gold hypersensitivity pneumonitis by corticosteroids.
[Pulmonary side effects of gold treatment].
