Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome associated with antituberculosis medications

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Dec;32(12):1388-90. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182a09f20.

Abstract

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms is a potentially life-threatening syndrome of medication hypersensitivity associated with a wide variety of triggers. Diagnosis can be challenging, as clinical features suggest other conditions. We describe a 12-year-old boy with typical drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome after antituberculosis therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome / etiology*
  • Eosinophilia / chemically induced
  • Eosinophilia / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents