Cytomegalovirus reactivation in drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome

Drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome has been reported to a variety of drugs. Reactivation of herpes viruses is associated with relapse of symptoms even as late as five weeks after stopping the inciting drug. We report here a case of drug hypersensitivity with CMV reactivation which was treated su...

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Published inJournal of the Association of Physicians of India Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 533 - 535
Main Authors Mathuram, Alice J, George, Renu E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India 01.06.2014
Subjects
Adult
Cytomegalovirus - physiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections - etiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections - virology
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome - complications
Female
Humans
Virus Activation
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Summary:Drug induced hypersensitivity syndrome has been reported to a variety of drugs. Reactivation of herpes viruses is associated with relapse of symptoms even as late as five weeks after stopping the inciting drug. We report here a case of drug hypersensitivity with CMV reactivation which was treated successfully.
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ISSN:0004-5772