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01-05-2014 | Poster presentation
Auto immune haemolytic anaemia as part of Nevirapine induced DRESS syndrome
Authors:
Aravind Reghukumar, Athul Gurudas, VS Kiran Kumar, Ranjani Ravi
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 3/2014
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Excerpt
Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is an idiosyncratic hypersensitivity reaction to drugs. The diagnosis involves 3 criteria; 1)Drug induced skin eruption 2) Absolute eosinophil count (AEC) >1500/dL or atypical lymphocytosis 3) One of the following enlarged lympnodes atleast 2cm in diameter, hepatitis, interstitial nephritis, interstitial lung disease or myocarditis. Nevirapine and abacavir are known to produce DRESS syndrome. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia [AIHA] as a part of nevirapine induced DRESS syndrome is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge there are no cases reported so far. We are reporting two cases of the same. …
