title: Carbamazepine-induced severe systemic hypersensitivity reaction with eosinophilia.
abstract: Skin rash, fever, and eosinophilia developed in a previously healthy 35-year-old woman three weeks after starting carbamazepine. Fulminant respiratory and renal failure ensued. Autopsy showed pneumonitis, nephritis, serositis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, and carditis, characterized by an infiltrate of eosinophils and lymphocytes. The severity, duration, and extensive organ involvement of the reaction make this case unique.
authors.affiliation: Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Robbie
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Scurry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000097:blood*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002220:Carbamazepine