title: [Mesalamine-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis].
abstract: A 23-year-old woman was admitted with a history of 2 weeks of cough, fever and bilateral lung infiltrates. She had been diagnosed 2 months before as having ulcerative proctitis and was treated with mesalamine, which induced a full remission, but 3 antibiotic regimens failed to improve her lung disease. Since computerized tomography revealed bilateral peripheral lung infiltrates and her eosinophile count was elevated, the diagnosis of drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia was suggested. Mesalamine and antibiotics were stopped and oral corticosteroids begun. She became almost asymptomatic a week after mesalamine withdrawal, and the x-ray became normal.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine A, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zamir
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weizman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamir
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fireman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019804:Mesalamine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011349:Proctitis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D019804:Mesalamine