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DRESS Distress: Auto-Immune Complications of DRESS Syndrome

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Introduction: Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition that causes extensive skin eruptions, fever, lymphadenopathy and eosinophilia two to eight weeks after… Click to show full abstract

Introduction: Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition that causes extensive skin eruptions, fever, lymphadenopathy and eosinophilia two to eight weeks after exposure to a drug. It can also have systemic effects on the liver, kidney, and lungs. Autoimmune sequelae are rare, but serious, complications of DRESS. We report a case of DRESS secondary to minocycline use in an adolescent male …

Keywords: dress syndrome; distress auto; immune complications; complications dress; dress distress; auto immune

Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018

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