The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website
Can cause cardiac tamponade. A.k.a. serositis. Pleural and/or pericardial effusion w/wo pulmonary infiltrates in the context of ANA or antimitochondrial antibodies. Effusions tend to disappear upon drug discontinuance. ANA titers decrease more slowly or may persist indefinitely. See under XI l
Publications
Nitrofurantoin-associated bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: report of a case.
Canadian respiratory journal 2008 Sep;15;311-2 — 2008 Sep — 311-2
Nitrofurantoin-induced immune-mediated lung and liver disease.
The American journal of the medical sciences 1999 May;317;336-40 — 1999 May — 336-40