WCN23-0198 METRONIDAZOLE INDUCED LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: A RARE CASE WITH NOVEL CLINICAL PRESENTATION

Drug-induced lupus (DIL) is an autoimmune condition where a drug exposure leads to the development of idiopathic systemic erythematosus (SLE) like clinical features in genetically susceptible individual, but typically without major organ-threatening complications. The mechanism disease involved DIL remain uncertain. first report link with drug- sulfadiazine dates back 1945. Morrow et al 1953 described definite association between and hydralazine.