Drug Hypersensitivity due to Azathioprine with Elevated Procalcitonin

المؤلفون المشاركون

Ahuja, Tania
Chung, Frank R.
Ruiz-Maya, Tania

المصدر

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

العدد

المجلد 2018، العدد 2018 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018)، ص ص. 1-4، 4ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2018-06-10

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

4

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

We present a case of azathioprine hypersensitivity presenting as sepsis with elevated procalcitonin in a 68-year-old man with myasthenia gravis.

The patient presented with fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and headache.

He developed numerous 1 cm erythematous papules over his upper torso.

Infectious workup including bacteriological tests and microbial cultures was negative and a skin biopsy was performed which revealed suppurative folliculitis with eosinophils, consistent with drug hypersensitivity.

Notably, acute phase reactants including C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were elevated upon presentation, likely secondary to drug hypersensitivity.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Ahuja, Tania& Chung, Frank R.& Ruiz-Maya, Tania. 2018. Drug Hypersensitivity due to Azathioprine with Elevated Procalcitonin. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142787

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Ahuja, Tania…[et al.]. Drug Hypersensitivity due to Azathioprine with Elevated Procalcitonin. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142787

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Ahuja, Tania& Chung, Frank R.& Ruiz-Maya, Tania. Drug Hypersensitivity due to Azathioprine with Elevated Procalcitonin. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142787

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1142787