Ground glass opacities are not always COVID-19: a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonitis caused by daptomycin

Lancet. 2022 Jan 15;399(10321):270. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00009-5.

Authors

Rajalakshmi Valaiyapathi¹, Meng-San Wu², Alastair McGregor²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK. Electronic address: r.valaiyapathi@nhs.net.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, UK.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing
Daptomycin / adverse effects*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Knee Prosthesis / adverse effects
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / chemically induced
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Daptomycin