%0 Journal Article
%T A Case of DRESS Syndrome Mimicking Sepsis
%A Selda U£¿al-Bakkal
%A Zeliha Ko£¿ak-Tufan
%A Cemal Bulut
%A Seval Boyraz
%J Klimik Journal
%D 2011
%I Aves Yayincilik
%X ¡±Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms¡° (DRESS) syndrome reflects a serious hypersensitivity reaction to drugs, characterized by fever, skin rash, lymph node enlargement, and internal organ involvement. We present a patient with a high serum procalcitonin level and a clinical picture mimicking sepsis, thereafter diagnosed as DRESS syndrome. This case demonstrates that procalcitonin may be increased in patients with DRESS syndrome. This is the first report of opipramol-induced DRESS syndrome associated with high procalcitonin.
%K Procalcitonin
%K DRESS syndrome
%K sepsis
%K eosinophilia
%K opipramol.
%U http://www.klimikdergisi.org/yazilar.asp?yaziid=2330&sayiid=