Multiple Drug Hypersensitivity in a Small Child with DRESS Syndrome
– A Case Report
Multiple Arzneimittelreaktionen bei einem Kleinkind mit DRESS
Syndrom – Ein Fallbericht
Saskia Gruber
1
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric
Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics,
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
,
Livia Gona-Hoepler
2
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology,
Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics, Medical
University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
,
Christine Bangert
3
Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
,
Susanne C Diesner
4
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology,
Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
,
Klara Schmidthaler
4
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology,
Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
,
Zsolt Szepfalusi
4
Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology,
Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics, Medical
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) belongs to the group of
severe cutaneous adverse reactions. Here we report a case of drug hypersensitivity
against multiple antibiotics with DRESS in a young child with necrotizing
pneumonia.
