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The patient had his antibiotics switched to linezolid and corticosteroids were begun for presumed daptomycin-induced lung disease. Although hookworm infection can present in immunocompromised hosts as a severe pneumonia, its rarity in the Southwest and the absence of parasites seen on smears make it unlikely. He rapidly improved and his corticosteroids were rapidly tapered because of his diabetes.

According to Kim et al. (4), daptomycin-induced eosinophilic lung disease can be diagnosed clinically (Table 2).

Table 2. Criteria for definite diagnosis of daptomycin-induced eosinophilic lung disease (4).

Based on these criteria, our patient would represent another case report of daptomycin-induced eosinophilic lung disease.

References

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