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אבראהים מרעי ויהודה שינפלד

מינוציקלין נוספה לרשימת התרופות העלולות לגרום לזאבת או לתיסמונת דמוית-זאבת. מינוציקלין נפוצה כטיפול ארוך-טווח בפצעי-בגרות, ומכאן החשיבות שבמודעות לסיכונים שבטיפול בתרופה זו. שיעור הסיכון להתהוות זאבת אידיופתית לאחר טיפול במינוציקלין אינו ידוע, אך הוא ככל הנראה נמוך. מובאת בזאת פרשת חולה בת 26, שטופלה במינוציקלין כנגד פצעים ועקב הטיפול לקתה בתיפרחת (rash) ובסימנים סרולוגיים של מחלת הזאבת (נוכחות נוגדנים כנגד מרכיבי גרעין וכנגד דנ"א). המטרה במאמר זה היא להעלות את רמת המודעות לסיבוך זה כתוצאה מטיפול במינוציקלין.

Eosinophilic Pneumonia induced by Minocycline

Eli Rosen

Medical Dept. B, Hillel Yaffe Hospital, Hadera

Eosinophilic pneumonia is a rare adverse effect of minocycline. To date there are about 70 chemical compounds that cause drug-induced, eosinophilic lung disease.

A 20-year-old woman who developed eosinophilic pneumonia due to minocycline is described. Diagnosis was established by history, signs and symptoms, peripheral eosinophilia, chest x-rays and response to combined cessation of treatment and a short course of steroids.

Physicians should be aware to this rare adverse effect of the drug. Attention to the possibility of minocycline-induced eosinophilic pneumonia can prevent unnecessary, expensive investigation. Cessation of intake is usually sufficient for cure.

Minocycline Pneumonitis and Eosinophilia

Noam Fink, Meir Mouallem

Dept. of Medicine E, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Pneumonitis with eosinophilia is one of the less common and severe adverse effects of minocycline. The disease evolves in days or weeks from the beginning of treatment, and is usually characterized by dyspnea, fever and bilateral infiltrates in the chest X-ray. With cessation of the antibiotic, and sometimes adding cortico-steroids, clinical and roentgenological resolution follow.

We present a case given minocycline for folliculitis and 3 weeks later fever, cough and shortness of breath developed. The clinical and roentgenological course was consistent with minocycline pneumonitis accompanied by eosinophilia.

Benign Intracranial Hypertension following Minocyclin

A. Halevy, I. Offer, B. Garty

Pediatric Depts. A and B, Schneider Children's Hospital, Petah Tikva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

A 15-year-old girl, who had been treated with minocyclin for acne for 2 months, was admitted for investigation of headache, nausea and papilledema. A space-occupying lesion was ruled out by computerized brain tomography. The diagnosis of benign intracranial pressure (pseudo-tumor cerebri) was made because of elevated cerebrospinal fluid pressure with normal biochemistry and cytology. Tetracyclines, especially minocyclin, commonly used for treating acne in adolescents, can cause benign intracranial pressure.