[Case of drug-induced pneumonia possibly due to mefloquine (antimalarial drug)]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2005 Feb;43(2):103-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old man took mefloquine (antimalarial drug), total dose of 1,000 mg, to prevent malaria before and during traveling to South Africa. Three weeks after the first administration, he was admitted complaining of fever and dyspnea. Chest HRCT showed ground-glass opacities and consolidation in both lung fields. Withdrawal of mefloquine and treatment with corticosteroid resulted in improvement of the clinical findings. From the clinical course, we considered this case to be mefloquine-induced pneumonia. Mefloquine may have caused pulmonary toxicity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antimalarials / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Malaria / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Mefloquine / adverse effects*
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / chemically induced*
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Pulse Therapy, Drug
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Prednisolone
  • Mefloquine
  • Methylprednisolone