Unexpected Outcome of Daptomycin-induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia: Rarity Within a Rarity.

Authors

Ahmad Raza
Ahmad Arslan
Muhammad Umair Atiq
Vincent Chan
Rajesh Kumar Patel

Publication/Presentation Date

12-2-2019

Abstract

Eosinophilic pneumonia comprises a group of lung diseases in which eosinophils appear in increased numbers in the lungs and sometimes in the bloodstream. Among several causes of pulmonary eosinophilia, drug-induced pulmonary eosinophilia and subsequent pneumonia is a well-known side effect of many medications. Daptomycin is now being increasingly recognized culprit medication in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia. Here we present a patient with daptomycin-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia, who had an unusual response to usual treatment.

Volume

11

Issue

12

First Page

6271

Last Page

6271

ISSN

2168-8184

Published In/Presented At

Raza, A., Arslan, A., Atiq, M. U., Chan, V., & Patel, R. K. (2019). Unexpected Outcome of Daptomycin-induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia: Rarity Within a Rarity. Cureus, 11(12), e6271. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6271

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

31903307

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article