Nitrofurantoin-associated Acute Pulmonary Toxicity Mimicking Severe Sepsis with Significantly Elevated Procalcitonin

Nitrofurantoin is a commonly used treatment for urinary tract infections with a risk for pulmonary toxicity. We report a case of a 48-year-old woman on a prophylactic regimen of nitrofurantoin who exhibited classic signs of bacterial sepsis including elevated procalcitonin (PCL) and C-reactive prote...

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Autores principales: Khan, Tahir Muhammad Abdullah, Ansari, Yusra, Siddiqui, Abdul Hasan, Matthew, Hall, Siddiqui, Faraz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
Materias:
Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687292
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5516

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687292
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5516

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