title: Respiratory arrest due to nitrofurantoin treatment in the absence of pulmonary pathology.
abstract: In the case we present, an elderly female patient developed respiratory arrest in the absence of pulmonary pathology after using nitrofurantoin (NF). To our current knowledge, this case is the first in the literature. The patient was monitored on mechanical ventilation, and her condition improved only after discontinuing NF treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Sakarya University Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hikmet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Çoban
keywords: Lung; nitrofurantoin; respiratory arrest