Text

DRESS and Ischemic Stroke

---

DRESS (drug rash eosinophilia and systemic symptomps) is a life threatening condition characterized by skin rash, fever, leucocytosis with eosinophilia or atypical lymphocytosis, lymphadenopathy, and internal organ involvement. This case report would like to describe an interesting case of DRESS coincidence with ischemic stroke.
A 38 year old woman had been admitted with skin rash and fever since four days before. Four weeks before admission she received antibiotic and multivitamin for one week. The patient looked ill, with body temperature 38.0oC Marked physicaljindings were cervicallymphadenopathy and hepatomegaly. Dermatological examination jin ding was generalized exanthema. Laboratory evaluation showed leucocytosis, eosinophilia, and increased level of ALT and AST During hospitalization the patient also suffered from ischemic stroke.
Treatments administered in this patient were oxygen, adequate intravenous fluid, parenteral nutrition, methyl prednisolone, cethirizin bid, ranitidin bid, and antibiotic. The antibiotic treatment in this case was performed with graded challenge or test dosing.
Key words: DRESS, ischemic stroke, test dosing.

---

Availability

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

Acta Medica Indonesiana: The Indonesian Journal of

Publisher

Jakarta : FK Universitas Kristen Indonesia., 2012

Collation

6p

Language

ISBN/ISSN

0125-9326

Classification

-

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

-

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment