These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome secondary to antituberculosis drugs and associated with human herpes virus-7 (HHV-7).
    Author: Draz N, Datta S, Webster DP, Cropley I.
    Journal: BMJ Case Rep; 2013 Jul 31; 2013():. PubMed ID: 23904426.
    Abstract:
    Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a serious reaction to drugs with a clinical presentation of rash, fever, lymph node enlargement and internal organ involvement. Reports have described the reactivation of human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) and other HHVs in association with this syndrome. We report a 41-year-old woman who developed a rash, fever, liver dysfunction, eosinophilia and atypical monocytosis 21 days after initiation of the quadruple therapy for tuberculous cervical lymphadnitis. HHV-7 DNA was detected in blood by PCR suggesting infection with or more likely reactivation of HHV-7 as a contributing factor or consequence of this serious adverse drug reaction.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]