SÍNDROME DE DRESS POR ALOPURINOL EN UNA PACIENTE CON PROCALCITONINA ELEVADA.

 

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Auteurs: Acuña Feoli, José Alonso, Alfaro Salas, Kattia Isabel
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2011
Omschrijving: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.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6521
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/clinica/article/view/6521
Access Level:acceso abierto
Keyword:alopurinol
maculopapular
rash
dress
allopurinol