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Is the drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) due to human herpesvirus 6 infection or to allergy-mediated viral reactivation? Report of a case and literature review

BACKGROUND: Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DIHS) is a severe and rare systemic reaction triggered by a drug (usually an antiepileptic drug). We present a case of DISH and we review studies on the clinical features and treatment of DIHS, and on its pathogenesis in which two elements (Herpesv...

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Autores principales: Gentile, Ivan, Talamo, Maria, Borgia, Guglielmo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2845584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-49