From Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) to severe DRESS

DRESS Syndrome: Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms.

DRESS syndrome is a cutaneous and systemic drug reaction with severe complications and a long course that can be fatal. Recognition may be difficult, and the condition is just rare enough that clinicians will eventually see it but may not be familiar with it. This review will focus on key elements to help clinicians with the challenges of recognition and differential diagnosis.

Killing with kindness? Drug reaction eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) masquerading as acute severe sepsis.

Severe ceftazidime-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)

In vitro tests Fourteen months after the drug reaction, in vitro tests to identify the causal agent were performed. The lymphocyte transformation test (LTT) showed a marked proliferation to ceftazidime (stimulation index (SI): 17 at 100mcg/mL). CD25 was upregulated on CD4+ (induced expression: 17%) and CD8+ (induced expression: 8%) T cells as shown by flow cytometry when cultured with ceftazidi...

DRESS Syndrome: Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms.

DRESS Syndrome is caused by exposure to certain medications that may cause fever, rash, inflammation of internal organs, lymphadenopathy and characteristic hematologic abnormalities such as eosinophilia, thrombocytopenia and atypical lymphocytosis. We herein report a case of DRESS syndrome who presented with fever and rash, secondary to sulfasalazine ingestion. Diagnosis of DRESS is often delay...

66 Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (Dress): What We Still Have to Learn?

induced systemic hypersensitivity reactions (DiSH). Although liver function is very important indicator in the course of DiSH, there have been few studies about the characteristics of the liver injury. In present study, we investigated clinical characteristics of DiSH associated with liver injury (liver-DiSH) Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 38 hospitalized patients who d...