Lamotrigine induced DRESS syndrome

Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare and life-threatening delayed drug hypersensitivity reaction characterized by skin eruption, fever, lymphadenopathies, and visceral involvement. Here, we are presenting a 12 year old boy, who developed rare but life threaten...

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Autores principales: Naveen, Kikkeri Narayanasetty, Ravindra, Mysore Satyanarayana, Pai, Varadraj V., Rai, Vijetha, Athanikar, Sharatchandra B., Girish, Meravanige
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23248415
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.103305
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author Naveen, Kikkeri Narayanasetty
Ravindra, Mysore Satyanarayana
Pai, Varadraj V.
Rai, Vijetha
Athanikar, Sharatchandra B.
Girish, Meravanige
author_facet Naveen, Kikkeri Narayanasetty
Ravindra, Mysore Satyanarayana
Pai, Varadraj V.
Rai, Vijetha
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description Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare and life-threatening delayed drug hypersensitivity reaction characterized by skin eruption, fever, lymphadenopathies, and visceral involvement. Here, we are presenting a 12 year old boy, who developed rare but life threatening DRESS syndrome due to Lamotrigine. Early detection and treatment led to his rapid recovery. This case is presented to highlight the importance of early detection of rare fatal syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-35235132012-12-17 Lamotrigine induced DRESS syndrome Naveen, Kikkeri Narayanasetty Ravindra, Mysore Satyanarayana Pai, Varadraj V. Rai, Vijetha Athanikar, Sharatchandra B. Girish, Meravanige Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare and life-threatening delayed drug hypersensitivity reaction characterized by skin eruption, fever, lymphadenopathies, and visceral involvement. Here, we are presenting a 12 year old boy, who developed rare but life threatening DRESS syndrome due to Lamotrigine. Early detection and treatment led to his rapid recovery. This case is presented to highlight the importance of early detection of rare fatal syndrome. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3523513/ /pubmed/23248415 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.103305 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Girish, Meravanige
Lamotrigine induced DRESS syndrome
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title_short Lamotrigine induced DRESS syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3523513/
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