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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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Levetiracetam induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom syndrome
Waseem Raja Dar1, Najeebullah Sofi2, Muzamil Latief2, Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar2, Basharat Ahmad Kasana2
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Department of Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Waseem Raja Dar
Department of Internal Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.177777
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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom syndrome (DRESS) is a hypersensitivity drug reaction, most frequently associated with antiepileptic drugs, characterized by skin rash, fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, and visceral organ involvement, typically presenting within 8 weeks of initiation of therapy. Management involves prompt withdrawal of the offending drug and use of systemic corticosteroids. We here present a rare case of DRESS secondary to levetiracetam. Only few case reports of DRESS secondary to levetiracetam have been published so far. |
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