title: DRESS like severe drug rash with eosinophilia, atypic lymphocytosis and fever secondary to ceftriaxone.
abstract: We report a case in a 50-year-old male who had been treated with ceftriaxone for 3 weeks to treat meningitis. He was admitted 4 days after cessation of the ceftriaxone treatment with fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, pruriginous skin rashes, and with edema on face. Blood tests showed marked eosinophilia and atypic lymphocytosis. He was successfully treated with prednisone p.o. We report this case as we could not recognize a case like this which was induced by ceftriaxone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. fzeynep@med.sdu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Fusun Zeynep
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Akcam
authors.forename: Fadime Ozge
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Aygun
authors.forename: Vahide Baysal
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Akkaya
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003875:Drug Eruptions; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000473:pathology; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D011241:Prednisone