Latent Hepatitis Virus Reactivation Due to Drug Reaction: DRESSed to Kill?

David Alexanian; Aleksandr Birg; Nicholas Volpicelli; Joseph Glass; Denis McCarthy

doi:10.1007/s10620-018-5028-1

Latent Hepatitis Virus Reactivation Due to Drug Reaction: DRESSed to Kill?

Dig Dis Sci. 2018 May;63(5):1143-1147. doi: 10.1007/s10620-018-5028-1.

Authors

David Alexanian¹, Aleksandr Birg², Nicholas Volpicelli², Joseph Glass³, Denis McCarthy²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. dalexanian@salud.unm.edu.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

PMID: 29594978
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-5028-1

No abstract available

Keywords: Corticosteroid therapy; DRESS; Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms; Ganciclovir; HHV-6; Human herpesvirus 6; Latent virus; Rash; Viral hepatitis; Virus reactivation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome / complications*
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome / diagnosis
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / etiology*
Herpesvirus 6, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis
Roseolovirus Infections / etiology*