[Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome with pulmonary infiltration: successful treatment with steroid pulse therapy]

Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi. 2007 Dec 10;96(12):2779-82. doi: 10.2169/naika.96.2779.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

Junji Hamamoto¹, Yusuke Tomita, Yusuke Uehara, Kazuaki Sugahara, Kazuhiko Fujii, Mituhiro Matumoto, Hirotugu Kohrogi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto.

PMID: 18203412
DOI: 10.2169/naika.96.2779

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aged
Drug Hypersensitivity / drug therapy*
Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
Herpesvirus 6, Human
Humans
Lung / pathology*
Male
Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage*
Prednisone / administration & dosage*
Pulse Therapy, Drug
Roseolovirus Infections / complications
Syndrome

Substances

Prednisone
Methylprednisolone