Nitrofurantoin-induced parotitis.

Enalaprilat induced acute parotitis.

Drug induced acute parotitis is a very uncommon complication reported with a few drugs only. There is no case of acute bilateral parotitis reported previously with i.v. enalaprilat. We present here a female patient who developed acute bilateral parotitis within minutes of i.v. enalaprilat injection and recovered within 24 hours of stopping the drug and with symptomatic treatment.

Pancreatitis induced by nitrofurantoin.

The case of a woman is described who suffered from acute pancreatitis related to the ingestion of low dose nitrofurantoin, as shown by involuntary rechallenge. Because this is only the second case reported in published works, this side effect must be rare and is probably dependent on individual susceptibility.

Relapsing nitrofurantoin-induced pneumonitis

Nitrofurantoin has well-described associations with a range of adverse pulmonary effects. We report the case of a 72-year old woman with relapsing pneumonitis secondary to the intermittent use of nitrofurantoin, a pattern of disease not well-represented in the literature. The case is also noteworthy as the diagnosis was initially overlooked due to the circumstances of the patient's medication u...

Nitrofurantoin-induced pancreatitis.

Nitrofurantoin Induced Liver Injury

Drug induced liver injury is a recognised cause of acute liver failure. A wide range of drugs have been implicated, of which the most common are Paracetamol and antibiotics. Nitrofurantoin is a commonly prescribed antimicrobial which may cause liver injury from either acute or chronic exposure. This complication was thought to occur with an extremely low incidence; however recent data suggests ...