1988•Journal of Clinical GastroenterologyRequires access
Olsalazine as an Alternative Therapy in a Patient with Sulfasalazine-Induced Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Joost Scherpenisse, P.D.L.P.M. van der Valk, Jules M.M. van den Bosch, P. A. M. van Hees, J. H. S. M. Nadorp
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Abstract
A man with Crohn's colitis developed eosinophilic pneumonia after treatment with sulfasalazine. Challenge with sulfapyridine revealed that this component of sulfasalazine was the likely causative agent. Treatment with olsalazine, a 5-aminosalicylic acid compound (disodium-azodisalicylate), was well tolerated without recurrence of pulmonary symptoms.