Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Caused by Pentamidine; Tigecycline-Induced Pancreatitis; Minocycline-Induced Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome Followed by Autoimmune Sequelae; Fatal Hypersensitivity Myocarditis Associated with Azithromycin; Altered Mental Status Caused by High Levels of Phenytoin; Pseudogout after Polyethylene Glycol Bowel Cleansing; Severe Pseudomembranous Colitis after Moxifloxacin Use: A Case Series

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-296
Author(s):  
Joel Shuster
Keyword(s):  
Polyethylene Glycol ◽  
Pseudomembranous Colitis ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Altered Mental Status ◽  
Hypersensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Bowel Cleansing ◽  
The Us ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome

The purpose of this feature is to heighten awareness of specific adverse drug reactions (ADRs), discuss methods of prevention, and promote reporting of ADRs to the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) MedWatch program (800-FDA-1088). If you have reported an interesting, preventable ADR to MedWatch, please consider sharing the account with our readers.

scholarly journals High Procalcitonin in a Patient with Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (16) ◽  
pp. 1471-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branka Bonaci-Nikolic ◽  
Ivica Jeremic ◽  
Milos Nikolic ◽  
Sladjana Andrejevic ◽  
Lidija Lavadinovic
Keyword(s):  
Drug Hypersensitivity ◽  
Hypersensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome

scholarly journals Severe drug hypersensitivity syndrome due to sulphasalazine in patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Reumatismo ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gutierrez ◽  
E. Filippucci ◽  
L. Bugatti ◽  
C. Bertolazzi ◽  
W. Grassi
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity ◽  
Hypersensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome Caused by Minocycline

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Tsuruta ◽  
Yukiko Someda ◽  
Junko Sowa ◽  
Hiromi Kobayashi ◽  
Masamitsu Ishii
Keyword(s):  
Drug Hypersensitivity ◽  
Human Herpesvirus ◽  
Oral Prednisolone ◽  
Liver Function Tests ◽  
Hypersensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Japanese Woman ◽  
Barr Virus ◽  
Epstein Barr ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome

Background: Minocycline is a commonly prescribed drug for the treatment of acne. Its use is generally not associated with systemic side effects. Objective: To describe a case of minocycline-induced drug hypersensitivity syndrome in a 20-year-old Japanese woman. Methods and Results: Following 2 months of minocycline treatment, the patient developed skin lesions composed of exudative maculopapules, purpuratous macules, and target-like, erythema multiforme-like plaques over most of her body. In addition, she had fever, abnormal liver function tests, eosinophilia, and atypical lymphocytosis. Laboratory tests indicated no elevation of antibody titers against cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and human herpesvirus 6. Her ongoing exposure to minocycline was stopped, and treatment with oral prednisolone was begun. Her signs, symptoms, and laboratory abnormalities then began to resolve. Subsequently, the syndrome was observed to return briefly in response to an oral challenge with minocycline. Conclusions: Minocycline is able to elicit a drug hypersensitivity syndrome that can resemble infectious mononucleosis. This drug reaction can be treated effectively by cessation of exposure to this drug and steroid therapy.

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