Griseofulvin associated with drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (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.

Levetiracetam-Associated Acute Kidney Injury and Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome

DRESS syndrome is a severe drug induced reaction. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sometimes present in the form of an acute interstitial nephritis. We present the case of a 75-year-old man with glioblastoma who developed a DRESS two months after starting levetiracetam and a few days after stopping dexamethasone. His skin and kidneys improved after removing levetiracetam and introducing again corti...

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...

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) successfully treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor

DRESS: drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms SJS: Stevens Johnson syndrome TEN: toxic epidermal necrolysis TNF: tumor necrosis factor INTRODUCTION Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), also referred to as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome is a rare, potentially lifethreatening adverse drug reaction characterized by rash with fever, lymphadenopathy, ...

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