title: Levetiracetam Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptom Syndrome.
abstract: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom syndrome (DRESS) is a hypersensitivity drug reaction, most frequently associated with antiepileptic drugs, characterized by skin rash, fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, and visceral organ involvement, typically presenting within 8 weeks of initiation of therapy. Management involves prompt withdrawal of the offending drug and use of systemic corticosteroids. We here present a rare case of DRESS secondary to levetiracetam. Only few case reports of DRESS secondary to levetiracetam have been published so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Waseem Raja
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Dar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Najeebullah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sofi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Muzamil
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Latief
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Imtiyaz Ahmad
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Dar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Shere Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Basharat Ahmad
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kasana
keywords: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom; levetiracetam; steroids