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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 1054-1055
© 2000 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

A severe systemic inflammatory reaction following therapy with montelukast (Singulair®)

Lasse G. Gøransson and Roald Omdal

Department of Medicine, Central Hospital of Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway

Keywords: eosionophilia; glomerulonephritis; leukotriene antagonist



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Recent reports describe Churg-Strauss syndrome in asthma patients being treated with zafirlukast, a potent, orally administered leukotriene-receptor antagonist [1]. Similar reactions have been reported with montelukast [2]. We report a case with glomerulonephritis and hypereosinophilia after use of montelukast (Singulair®).



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A 46-year-old, non-smoking, Asiatic woman with asthma was hospitalized. She had a 3-year history of moderate . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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