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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;140(2):271-3.

Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage due to nitrofurantoin

S D Averbuch, P Yungbluth
  • PMID: 6986130
Case Reports

Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage due to nitrofurantoin

S D Averbuch et al. Arch Intern Med. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

Acute and chronic pleuropneumonic reactions as well as rare fatalities following nitrofurantoin exposure have been reported. A case of fatal fulminant hemorrhagic pneumonitis following nitrofurantoin exposure is reported here. Recent experimental evidence suggests that a toxic mechanism may be responsible for the observed reaction.

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