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SUBMITTER: Oi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7486608 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oi Hajime H Suzuki Atsushi A Yamano Yasuhiko Y Yokoyama Toshiki T Matsuda Toshiaki T Kataoka Kensuke K Suzuki Yasuhiko Y Kimura Tomoki T Kondoh Yasuhiro Y
Respiratory medicine case reports 20200803
Drug-induced lung injury (DLI) has become more common because of the increasing number of therapeutic agents in use. Mesalazine, also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA), is one of the key drugs for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). Although mesalazine-induced lung injury has been previously reported, few cases have included severe respiratory failure. In this report, we present a case of mesalazine-induced lung injury with severe respiratory failure, which was improved by discontinua ...[more]