LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME FOLLOWING PENICILLIN THERAPY
Authors: S REICHLIN, M H LOVELESS, E G KANE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 January 1953LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME FOLLOWING PENICILLIN THERAPYSEYMOUR REICHLIN, M.D., MARY H. LOVELESS, M.D., ERNEST G. KANE, M.D.SEYMOUR REICHLIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARY H. LOVELESS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ERNEST G. KANE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-1-113 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis case of Loeffler's syndrome is reported because it demonstrates the production of marked pulmonary infiltration and eosinophilia following sensitizing doses of a penicillin preparation. Although an allergic basis has been postulated for Loeffler's syndrome, there are few cases in the literature which demonstrate clearly a temporal relation to a specific allergen.CASE REPORTA 26 year old white college student first entered New York Hospital on November 18, 1950, with a chief complaint of cough and fever of six hours' duration. He had been in good health prior to this illness. Two years previously he had had a mild...Bibliography1. DamminBukantz GJSC: Modification of biologic response in experimental hypersensitivity, J. A. M. A. 139: 358, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. FalkNewcomer MSVD: Loeffler's syndrome, J. A. M. A. 141: 21, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. HamZimdahl JCWT: Loeffler's syndrome and pulmonary infiltrations accompanied by peripheral eosinophilia, Ann. Int. Med. 29: 488, 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar4. PeckSiegalGlickKurtin SMSAWA: Clinical problems in penicillin sensitivity, J. A. M. A. 138: 631, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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KLINGHOFFER, M.D. 1 January 1953Volume 38, Issue 1Page: 113-120KeywordsAllergensEosinophiliaFeversHospital medicinePenicillin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...