The Consequences of Not Looking at the Eosinophil Count: Pulmonary Infiltrates and Eosinophilia Syndrome (PIE) Probably Caused by Ciprofloxacin
  • Martina Del Torre
    Clinica Medica, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences (DISM), Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy
  • Cristiano Vitale
    Clinica Medica, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences (DISM), Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy
  • Donato Caliandro
    Clinica Medica, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medical Sciences (DISM), Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy

Keywords

Ciprofloxacin, eosinophil count, pulmonary infiltrates.

Abstract

Objectives: To describe a case of pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia (PIE syndrome) probably caused by ciprofloxacin.

Materials and methods: A 64-year-old woman was admitted to our department with suspected hospital-acquired pneumonia and treated with antibiotics. She had no symptoms but had peripheral eosinophilia. She had recently been given ciprofloxacin for a urinary tract infection.
Results: The patient spontaneously improved after exhaustive negative investigations.
Conclusion: We concluded that this patient had PIE syndrome probably caused by ciprofloxacin.

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    Published: 2015-06-23
    Issue: Vol. 2 No. 3 (2015) (view)

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    Del Torre M, Vitale C, Caliandro D. The Consequences of Not Looking at the Eosinophil Count: Pulmonary Infiltrates and Eosinophilia Syndrome (PIE) Probably Caused by Ciprofloxacin. EJCRIM 2015;2 doi:10.12890/2015_000201.