Baptista, JPCasanova, PCAlmeida e Sousa, JPMartins, JPSimões, AFernandes, VSouto, JCosta, JJCarvalho, LPimentel, J2009-06-292009-06-292004Rev Port Pneumol. 2004 Jul-Aug;10(4):355-64http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/538The Authors present a case of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) associated with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a previously healthy young adult, medicated with nitrofurantoin. AEP must be included in the differential diagnosis of community adquired pneumonia, as well as a cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome; its diagnosis is suggested by the presence of eosinophilic alveolitis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. The early diagnosis of AEP and corticosteroid therapy may be lifesaving.porEosinofilia PulmonarSíndrome de Dificuldade Respiratóriajournal article