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Case Reports
. 1989 Sep;96(3):512-5.
doi: 10.1378/chest.96.3.512.

Hospitalizations for pulmonary reactions following nitrofurantoin use

S S Jick  1 , H Jick, A M Walker, J R Hunter
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Case Reports

Hospitalizations for pulmonary reactions following nitrofurantoin use

S S Jick et al. Chest. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

Acute pulmonary illness compatible with previously described nitrofurantoin toxicity and requiring hospitalization occurred three times among 16,101 first courses of therapy with nitrofurantoin. One case of fatal pulmonary fibrosis was ascribed to long-term use of nitrofurantoin among 742 observed recipients of ten or more prescriptions.

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