Daptomycin-induced acute eosinophilic pneumonia: Analysis of the current data and illustrative case reports

Abstract

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is a rare but important complication of daptomycin therapy. We describe 2 cases of daptomycin-associated AEP, compile available data from another 22 published cases, and propose a revised set of diagnostic criteria.

Keywords::

• Daptomycin
• acute eosinophilic pneumonia

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