Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2] Serge Korjian M.D.
Overview
Overview
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia has no identifiable etiology. Some of the causes of organizing pneumonia include infectious agents, drugs, inflammatory diseases, and toxic exposures.
Causes
Causes
Some of the causes of organizing pneumonia include infectious agents, drugs, inflammatory diseases, and toxic exposures.
Infectious agents
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Coxiella burnetii
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Herpes virus
- Human immunodeficiency virus
- Influenza virus
- Legionella pneumophila
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Nocardia asteroides
- Parainfluenza virus
- Penicillium janthinellum
- Plasmodium vivax
- Pneumocystis carinii
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Serratia marcescens
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus group B
- Streptococcus pneumoniae[1]
Drugs
- Acebutolol
- Amiodarone
- Amphotericin B
- Atorvastatin
- Azacytidine
- Azathioprine
- Betaxolol
- Bleomycin
- Bortezomib
- Bucillamine
- Busulfan
- Carbamazepine
- Cephalexin
- Chlorambucil
- Cladribine
- Clomipramine
- Cocaine
- Crizotinib
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cytarabine
- Daptomycin
- Doxorubicin
- Dronedarone
- Drug-eluting stents
- Ergot alkaloids
- Erlotinib
- Etanercept
- Everolimus
- Fludarabine
- Fosinopril
- Gold (chrysotherapy)
- Heroin (injected)
- Hexamethonium
- Hydralazine
- Hydroxyurea
- Imatinib
- Imipramine
- Infliximab
- Interferon-alpha/beta
- Ipilimumab
- Leflunomide
- Lenalidomide
- Loxoprofen
- Mecamylamine
- Mesalazine (5-aminosalicylate)
- Methotrexate
- Minocycline
- Nilutamide
- Nitrofurantoin
- Oxaliplatin
- Penicillamine
- Phenytoin (diphenylhydantoin)
- Pravastatin
- Propylthiouracil (PTU)
- Quinine
- Risedronate
- Rituximab
- Sertraline
- Simvastatin
- Sirolimus
- Sotalol
- Sulfasalazine
- Sulindac
- Tacrolimus
- Temozolomide
- Thalidomide
- Ticlopidine
- Timolol
- Tocilizumab
- Topotecan
- Trastuzumab
- Tryptophan[2]
Inflammatory diseases
Toxic exposures[2]
References
References
- ↑ Cordier JF (2000). “Organising pneumonia”. Thorax. 55 (4): 318–28. PMC 1745738. PMID 10722773.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Organizing pneumonia (OP/BOOP). Pneumotox.com, The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website. Available at http://www.pneumotox.com/pattern/view/5/I.d/organizing-pneumonia-op-boop/. Accessed on February 1, 2016.
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