Dress syndrome with sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumomediastinum

• Main Authors: Prabhas Prasun Giri (Author), Swapan Roy (Author), Sukanta Bhattyacharya (Author), Priyankar Pal (Author), Sandipan Dhar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome reflects a serious hypersensitivity reaction to drugs, and is characterized by skin rash, fever, lymph node enlargement, and internal organ involvement. So far, numerous drugs such as sulfonamides, phenobarbital, sulfasalazine, carba...