Tetracycline aspiration. Case report and review of the literature.
A 74-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history of cough, dyspnea and wheezing following aspiration of a tetracycline tablet. She developed a left lower lobe pneumonitis, and bronchoscopy revealed left main bronchus narrowing and exudate. The course of this patient is discussed in reference to the available literature on toxic aspirations.
Sundar
K M
KM
Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Pulmonary Division, LDS Hospital, 8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA.
Elliott
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CG
Thomsen
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GE
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D013752:Tetracycline
D013752:Tetracycline