DRESS syndrome with multiorgan involvement and HHV-6 reactivation in the absence of a drug trigger.
Yi Tong Vincent AwMeidelynn OoiAdel EkladiousPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2024)
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a severe drug reaction where patients present with fever, morbilliform rash and multiorgan manifestations, which may include acute renal failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome and eosinophilic myocarditis. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with acute heart failure, DRESS syndrome features and human herpesvirus 6 reactivation in the absence of a drug trigger. She was diagnosed with eosinophilic myocarditis and successfully treated with corticosteroid therapy.
Keyphrases
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- drug induced
- acute heart failure
- end stage renal disease
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- newly diagnosed
- adverse drug
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- physical activity
- emergency department
- intensive care unit
- bone marrow
- stem cells
- depressive symptoms
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- hepatitis b virus
- chronic rhinosinusitis
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported