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Pneumonitis during interferon and/or herbal drug therapy in patients with chronic active hepatitis

T Ishizaki, F Sasaki, S Ameshima, K Shiozaki, H Takahashi, Y Abe, S Ito, M Kuriyama, T Nakai, M Kitagawa
European Respiratory Journal 1996 9: 2691-2696; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09122691
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Abstract

We report four cases of acute pneumonitis due either to interferon, or a herbal drug, "Sho-saiko-to", or both in combination, in patients with chronic active hepatitis, focusing on its pathogenesis and response to prednisolone therapy. These cases shared common clinical features: fever, dry cough, dyspnoea, hypoxaemia, diffuse infiltrates both on chest radiography and chest computed tomography, restrictive pulmonary functional impairment, and alveolitis on examination of transbronchial lung biopsy, all of which suggest acute interstitial pneumonia. Furthermore, lymphocytosis was observed in association with the dominant CD8+ T-cell subset in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. A lymphocyte stimulation test using peripheral blood was positive to interferon in one case and to Sho-saiko-to in another. All patients responded to oral prednisolone therapy. Peripheral soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels decreased in parallel with improvement in the clinical course. All patients were free of symptoms with a follow-up of 1-3 yrs. We conclude that interferon- and/or Sho-saiko-to-induced acute pneumonitis may be due to allergic-immunological mechanisms rather than toxicity, and that peripheral levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptor appear to be good markers of disease activity.

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Pneumonitis during interferon and/or herbal drug therapy in patients with chronic active hepatitis
T Ishizaki, F Sasaki, S Ameshima, K Shiozaki, H Takahashi, Y Abe, S Ito, M Kuriyama, T Nakai, M Kitagawa
European Respiratory Journal Dec 1996, 9 (12) 2691-2696; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09122691

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T Ishizaki, F Sasaki, S Ameshima, K Shiozaki, H Takahashi, Y Abe, S Ito, M Kuriyama, T Nakai, M Kitagawa
European Respiratory Journal Dec 1996, 9 (12) 2691-2696; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09122691
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