A case of sulphasalazine-induced DRESS syndrome with delayed acute interstitial nephritis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2940-2942

  Augusto, Jean François ^a,b   Sayegh, Johnny ^a   Simon, Amélie ^a   Croue, Anne ^c   Chennebault, Jean Marie ^a   Cousin, Maud ^a,b   Subra, Jean Franois ^a,b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Dpartement de Pathologie Cellulaire et Tissulaire   (France)

Author keywords

Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis; DRESS syndrome; HHV 6; Sulphasalazine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PREDNISONE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SULFASALAZINE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249127424     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp277     Document Type: Article

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