title: Drug hypersensitivity causing organizing eosinophilic pneumonia in a pediatric patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a relatively rare hypersentivity reaction with pulmonary manifestations in a pediatric patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electronic medical records.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient treatment in the pediatric critical care unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Electronic medical records.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eosinophilic pneumonias are rare in the pediatric population. Peripheral eosinophilia is not necessary to make the diagnosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage is the diagnostic study of choice. Lung biopsies are rarely needed to make the diagnosis. The treatment of choice is steroids. If steroids fail to improve the patient's condition, consider IVIG, and cyclosporine A.
authors: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA. Electronic address: Christopher.Jenks@UTSouthwestern.edu.
authors: Christopher L
authors: CL
authors: Jenks
authors: Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care, Houston Methodist, USA.
authors: Askin
authors: A
authors: Uysal
authors: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA.
authors: Michael F
authors: MF
authors: Papacostas
mesh_terms: D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
keywords: Drug hypersensitivity; Eosinophilic pneumonia; Pediatric intensive care; Pneumomediastinum; Pulmonary embolism