SÍNDROME DE DRESS POR ALOPURINOL EN UNA PACIENTE CON PROCALCITONINA ELEVADA.
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| Authors: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Description: | In this article we present a 51-year-old female,with a generalized maculopapular rash and fever,who presented to our hospital. She startedallopurinol 1 month ago, prescribed forasymptomatic hyperuricemia treatment. Afterclinical and laboratory assessment, as well asnegative blood cultures, despite high levels ofprocalcitonin, infectious diseases were ruled out.Clinical improvement with medical treatmentsupports the diagnosis of DRESS syndromecaused by allopurinol. This diagnosis wasconfirmed by biopsy. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6521 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/clinica/article/view/6521 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Keyword: | alopurinol maculopapular rash dress allopurinol |