DRESS syndrome associated with raltegravir

Dermatol Online J. 2011 Aug 15;17(8):14.

Abstract

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome or drug-induced hypersensitivity is a potentially life-threatening drug hypersensitivity syndrome most commonly associated with anticonvulsants, allopurinol, long-acting sulfonamides, dapsone, and minocycline. In the setting of HIV infection, the antiretroviral medicines abacavir, nevirapine, and efavirenz have all shown well-documented associations with DRESS syndrome. There has only been one case (in a poster presentation) of this syndrome in a patient who was taking raltegravir.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Eosinophilia / chemically induced*
  • Female
  • HIV Integrase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyrrolidinones / adverse effects*
  • Raltegravir Potassium
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • HIV Integrase Inhibitors
  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Raltegravir Potassium