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[Severe drug hypersensitivity reaction (DRESS syndrome) to doxycycline].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Jan 2010
Mailhol C, Tremeau-Martinage C, Paul C, Godel A, Lamant L, Giordano-Labadie F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: While many cases of DRESS reaction to minocycline have been described, few of these involve doxycycline. CASE STUDY: A 59-year-old woman of African origin was repatriated after a journey to Ghana for hyperthermia with infiltrated maculopapular exanthema, facial oedema (no mucosal involvement) and polyadenopathy. Laboratory tests revealed hypereosinophilia, hepatic cytolysis and mononucleosis syndrome....
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