@article{oai:kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00027014, author = {Tambo, Yuichi and Fujimura, Masaki and Yasui, Masahide and Kasahara, Kazuo and Nakatsumi, Yasuto and Nakao, Shinji}, issue = {6}, journal = {Internal Medicine}, month = {Jan}, note = {A 72 year-old man. He was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2002. In January 2005 he noted productive cough and fever; he was diagnosed as eosinophilic pneumonia (EP). We discontinued administration of bucillamine and methotrexate and started to treat with oral prednisolone 30 mg daily. To rule out drug-induced EP, prednisolone was tapered by 10 mg per week. Consolidation occurred in the right lower lobe when prednisolone was decreased to 5 mg daily. After increasing the dose of prednisolone to 30 mg daily again, consolidation was promptly resolved. It was considered to be important to rule out drug-induced EP. © 2008 The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine., 金沢大学附属病院呼吸器内科}, pages = {527--531}, title = {Eosinophilic pneumonia (EP) associated with rheumatoid arthritis in which drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia could be ruled out}, volume = {47}, year = {2008} }