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nadiabarati

06/13/06 - 07:18 PM       #1

5. Five months after initiation of chemotherapy, a 54-year-old woman has nonproductive cough, fever, and gradually progressive dyspnea. An x-ray film of the chest shows alveolar-interstitial infiltrates. Cultures of material obtained on bronchial lavage are consistently negative. The drug most likely to cause this adverse effect is



A

) atenolol



B

) bleomycin



C

) cytosine arabinoside



D

) metronidazole



E

) nalidixic acid



F

) nitrofurantoin



G

) penicillin



H

) sulfasalazine



I

) tetracycline

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06/13/06 - 07:22 PM       #2

B?

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nadiabarati

06/13/06 - 07:25 PM       #3

yes I think B

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06/14/06 - 06:05 AM       #4

B-is the answer.
THREE DRUGS WHICH CAUSE PULMONARY FIBROSIS-BLEOMYCIN,BUSULPHAN AND AMIODARONE
Plz add more to it.

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06/14/06 - 02:28 PM       #5

drpkaur wrote:
B-is the answer.
THREE DRUGS WHICH CAUSE PULMONARY FIBROSIS-BLEOMYCIN,BUSULPHAN AND AMIODARONE
Plz add more to it.


you're on the money!

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07/31/06 - 11:57 AM       #6

b

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08/06/06 - 06:55 PM       #7

procarbazine also causes pulm toxicity

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09/23/06 - 05:25 PM       #8

paraquat poison also causes pulm fibrosis

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10/15/06 - 01:27 PM       #9

agree B - pulmonary fibrosis

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10/20/06 - 07:39 AM       #10

B Bleomycin









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