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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome induced by ceftriaxone with successful treatment — A case report and literature review

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Case Report

Author Details : Arpit Agrawal*, Ravindu , Pankaj Kannauje

Volume : 8, Issue : 4, Year : 2021

Article Page : 298-300

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijpp.2021.053

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Abstract

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms is a rare and potentially life threatening condition characterised by hypersensitivity reactions to a drug with prolonged latency, in the form of skin rashes, hyper eosinophilia and systemic features like fever, lymphadenopathy, leucocytosis, internal organ involvement (liver, kidney, lung). Though it can occur in response to many drugs but very few cases has been described in relation to one of the most commonly used antibiotic ceftriaxone. Here we have described a case of DRESS in a patient who has been treated with ceftriaxone outside our hospital for sore throat.

Keywords: DRESS, eosinophilia, ceftriaxone

How to cite : Agrawal A, Ravindu, Kannauje P, Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome induced by ceftriaxone with successful treatment — A case report and literature review. Indian J Pharm Pharmacol 2021;8(4):298-300

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