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Two cases of daptomycin-induced eosinophilic pneumonia and chronic pneumonitis.

Author(s): Lal Y, Assimacopoulos AP

Affiliation(s): Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, 57105, USA. ylal@usd.edu

Publication date & source: 2010-03-01, Clin Infect Dis., 50(5):737-40.

Publication type: Case Reports

We present 2 elderly patients who developed lung infiltrates associated with eosinophilia during intravenous daptomycin treatment. Both patients improved quickly after daptomycin was stopped and steroid treatment was initiated. However, complete recovery did not occur, and both patients became chronically steroid dependent.

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