Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Vol 152, No. 6, 12 1995, 2170-2172.
Eosinophilic pneumonia and respiratory failure associated with a trazodone overdose
SM Salerno, JS Strong, BJ Roth and V Sakata
Department of Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431-5000, USA.
Drug-induced eosinophilic lung disease commonly presents as a simple
pulmonary eosinophilia-like syndrome consisting of transient pulmonary
infiltrates, peripheral eosinophilia, and mild pulmonary symptoms that
disappear promptly upon withdrawal of the offending medication. However, a
more fulminant presentation most resembling acute eosinophilic pneumonia
has been recently described. We present a patient with BAL-confirmed
eosinophilic pneumonia (EP) and respiratory failure after a trazodone
overdose. This is the first case of EP associated with trazodone and only
the third drug-mediated EP reported to precipitate respiratory failure.