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Mizukawa Y, Hama N, Miyagawa F, Takahashi H, Ogawa Y, Kurata M, Asada H, Abe R, Shiohara T. Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome/Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms: Predictive Score and Outcomes. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2023; 11:3169-3178.e7. [PMID: 37437776 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously developed a drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) severity (DDS) score that may predict DIHS/DRESS-associated complications (DACs), including myocarditis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVE To externally confirm the predictive accuracy of the DDS score, clarify its ability to identify patients at high risk of DACs and fatal outcome, and determine which treatments might reduce or increase the risk. METHODS We conducted a nationwide multicenter retrospective study in which we followed 48 patients with DIHS/DRESS at 5 university hospitals in Japan for 1 year after onset. Patients were divided into mild, moderate, and severe DIHS/DRESS groups depending on their early DDS score. RESULTS Eight cases had DACs in the severe group (n = 17); no DACs were observed in the mild group (n = 12). Receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis showed that a cutoff DDS score of ≥4.0 and ≤2.0 could differentiate patients who would and would not develop DACs, respectively. In the moderate-to-severe disease groups, DACs occurred only in patients who received corticosteroids and not in those who received supportive care. None of the patients who received early treatment for cytomegalovirus developed DACs. Autoimmune DACs were significantly more common in patients who received pulse corticosteroid therapy. Four deaths occurred within the 1-year follow-up; all were in patients with infectious DACs who received systemic corticosteroids. CONCLUSION Our scoring system allows early identification of patients at increased risk for DACs. Risk factors for DACs include systemic or pulse corticosteroid therapy.
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- Yoshiko Mizukawa
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
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Kanabaj K, Jenerowicz D, Jankowska L, Żaba Z. DRESS syndrome - A dermatological emergency - Sulfasalazine-related acute drug reaction case report. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20021. [PMID: 37809745 PMCID: PMC10559731 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS syndrome) or drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) is a severe skin reaction associated with general symptoms and mortality reaching up to 10% of cases. DRESS/DIHS is one of the few dermatological emergencies which need to be taken into consideration when dealing with a patient with acute exanthema and systemic symptoms like: fever, lymphadenopathy, muscle pain, hepatosplenomegaly, abnormal blood count results and systemic inflammation. The aim of this article is to summarize the literature finding regarding this dermatological emergency and present the case of a 42-year-old male suffering from DRESS syndrome as a consequence of sulfasalazine intake due to an inflammatory bowel disease, who was effectively treated with oral prednisolone and immediate drug withdrawal.
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- Krzysztof Kanabaj
- Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-356, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-356, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-356, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, ul. Rokietnicka 7, 60-806, Poznan, Poland
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Futamura M, Ozaki Y, Makino H, Tsujimoto S, Shigesaka M, Tanaka A, Shimamoto K, Son Y, Ito T, Nomura S. Anti-MDA-5 Antibody-positive Dermatomyositis after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation for Acute Transformation of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Intern Med 2023; 62:1081-1087. [PMID: 36070956 PMCID: PMC10125815 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9529-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA-5) antibody-positive dermatomyositis is a disease with a poor prognosis associated with rapid progressive interstitial pneumonia. Autoimmune diseases have occasionally been reported to occur after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). We experienced a case of anti-MDA-5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis after HSCT. In this case, a sufficient dose of cyclophosphamide could not be administered due to an impaired bone marrow function. We discuss the complications of autoimmune diseases after HSCT.
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- Mariko Futamura
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Japan
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Japan
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Nagai Y, Sata M, Ohta H, Onuki T, Saito T, Uchiyama A, Kurosaki A, Yoshizumi N, Takigami A, Nakazawa S, Nakayama M, Yamaguchi H, Hagiwara K. Herpes zoster in patients with lung cancer treated with PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. Immunotherapy 2022; 14:1211-1217. [PMID: 36039980 DOI: 10.2217/imt-2021-0318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background: There are no available clinical data on immunotherapy and the risk of herpes zoster. Materials & methods: This retrospective study included patients with recurrent or advanced lung cancer who were inoperable and ineligible for radiotherapy and were treated with either a PD-1/PD-L1 antibody (136 patients) or an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (149 patients) at Jichi Medical University Hospital between January 2016 and December 2018. Results: Herpes zoster-free survival was significantly shorter in the PD-1/PD-L1 antibody-treated group compared with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor-treated group (hazard ratio: 0.20; 95% CI: 0.048-0.84; p = 0.016). PD-1/PD-L1 antibody administration was independently and significantly associated with herpes zoster occurrence. Conclusion: Clinicians should anticipate herpes zoster in patients with lung cancer during treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies.
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- Yoshiaki Nagai
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University Hospital, 3311-1 Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi-ken, 329-0431, Japan
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Anti-Cytomegalovirus Therapy: Whether and When to Initiate, Those Are the Questions. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15070797. [PMID: 35890096 PMCID: PMC9325238 DOI: 10.3390/ph15070797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in patients with autoimmune bullous disease (AIBD) or severe drug eruption treated with immunosuppressive therapy was traditionally thought to be merely an epiphenomenon of the underlying immunosuppression. However, a detailed review of the clinical course of these patients revealed that CMV reactivation occurs upon rapid immune recovery, which is termed immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), and that the timely initiation of anti-CMV therapy, when combined with maintenance doses of immunosuppressive agents, contributes to a rapid resolution of severe infectious complications thought to be refractory to conventional immunosuppressive therapies and unrelated to CMV reactivation. Thus, CMV reactivation resulting in fatal outcomes (CMV-IRIS) can be prevented by the timely detection of CMV DNA or antigens in the blood and by rapidly starting anti-CMV therapy while maintaining immunosuppressive therapy. Anti-CMV therapy is highly recommended for patients with CMV-IRIS or severe drug eruption who have risk factors for CMV reactivation resulting in fatal outcomes.
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Hama N, Abe R, Gibson A, Phillips EJ. Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DIHS)/Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS): Clinical Features and Pathogenesis. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2022; 10:1155-1167.e5. [PMID: 35176506 PMCID: PMC9201940 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DIHS/DRESS) is one example of a severe delayed T-cell-mediated adverse drug reaction. DIHS/DRESS presents with fever, widespread rash and facial edema, organ involvement, and hematological abnormalities, including eosinophilia and atypical lymphocytosis. DIHS/DRESS is associated with relapse 2 to 4 weeks after acute symptoms, often coinciding with reactivation of prevalent chronic persistent human herpesviruses such as human herpesvirus 6, EBV, and cytomegalovirus. The mortality of DIHS/DRESS is up to 10% and often related to unrecognized myocarditis and cytomegalovirus complications, with longer-term consequences that contribute to morbidity including autoimmune diseases such as thyroiditis. It is essential that all potential drug causes, including all new drugs introduced within the 8 weeks preceding onset of DIHS/DRESS symptoms, are identified. All potential drug culprits, as well as drugs that are closely related structurally to the culprit drug, should be avoided in the future. Systemic corticosteroids have remained the mainstay for the treatment of DIHS/DRESS with internal organ involvement. Steroid-sparing agents, such as cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and monthly intravenous immune globulin, have been successfully used for treatment, and careful follow-up for cytomegalovirus reactivation is recommended. Strong associations between HLA class I alleles and DIHS/DRESS predisposition include HLA-B∗13:01 and dapsone, HLA-B∗58:01 and allopurinol, and HLA-B∗32:01 and vancomycin. These have opened a pathway for prevention, risk stratification, and earlier diagnosis. Single-cell sequencing and other studies of immunopathogenesis promise to identify targeted treatment approaches.
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- Natsumi Hama
- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
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- Division of Dermatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
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Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DReSS)/Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome (DiHS)—Readdressing the DReSS. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10050999. [PMID: 35625735 PMCID: PMC9138571 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10050999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DReSS), also known as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS), is a severe, systemic, T cell mediated drug reaction with combinations of cutaneous, hematologic, and internal organ involvement. Pathogenesis of DReSS is multi-factorial, involving drug-exposure, genetic predisposition through specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and metabolism defects, viral reactivation, and immune dysregulation. Clinical features of this condition are delayed, stepwise, and heterogenous, making this syndrome challenging to recognize and diagnose. Two sets of validated diagnostic criteria exist that can be employed to diagnose DReSS/DiHS. Methods to improve early recognition of DReSS and predict disease severity has been a recent area of research focus. In vitro and in vivo tests can be employed to confirm the diagnosis and help identify culprit drugs. The mainstay treatment of DReSS is prompt withdrawal of the culprit drug, supportive treatment, and immunosuppression depending on the severity of disease. We present a comprehensive review on the most recent research and literature on DReSS, with emphasis on pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, confirmatory testing modalities, and treatment. Additionally, this summary aims to highlight the differing viewpoints on this severe disease and broaden our perspective on the condition known as DReSS.
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Sueki H, Watanabe Y, Sugiyama S, Mizukawa Y. Drug allergy and non-HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. Allergol Int 2022; 71:185-192. [PMID: 35236619 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2021.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Non-HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (non-HIV IRIS) is associated with the recovery from an immunocompromised condition. It is defined as inflammatory disorders caused by antigens, including drugs or pathogenic microorganisms present prior to immune recovery, or by the exacerbation of an inflammatory disorder that was already present. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome is a prototype of IRIS, and the pathophysiology of non-HIV IRIS can be recognized in several disorders treated with corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, molecular-targeted drugs, TNF-α antibody drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors. This review focuses on the relationship between the immune mechanism of non-HIV IRIS and drug allergies, especially severe drug eruption. The antigen recognition mechanism in drug allergy varies depending on the clinical type and the causative drug. The p-i concept is the main mechanism in severe drug eruption such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis, and drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms. Lymphocytes activated by an antigen other than a drug, such as a virus, can also develop drug allergy by the loose binding of drugs with immune receptors of T cells or human leukocyte antigen. Therefore, fluctuations in the immune environment affect the onset of severe drug eruption. Novel agents that cause major changes in immunity have been marketed mainly for autoimmune diseases and malignant tumors; therefore, it is necessary to consider their effects when treating severe drug eruptions. Moreover, although a list of diagnostic criteria for this syndrome has been drafted, predictive and diagnostic biomarkers for this syndrome needs to be urgently developed.
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Ota M. SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination and subsequent herpes zoster: possible immune reconstitution by mRNA vaccination. JAAD Case Rep 2022; 23:166-167. [PMID: 35261919 PMCID: PMC8890790 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mizukawa Y, Aoyama Y, Takahashi H, Takahashi R, Shiohara T. Risk of progression to autoimmune disease in severe drug eruption: risk factors and the factor-guided stratification. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 142:960-968.e9. [PMID: 34808234 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The identification of risk factors is key not only to uncover the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease but also to predict progression to autoimmune disease. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)/ drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is likely the best prototypic example for analyzing the sequential events. We conducted a retrospective study of 55 patients with DiHS/DRESS followed for the possibility of later development of autoimmune disease ∼18 years after resolution. Nine patients progressed to autoimmune sequelae regardless of treatment. The generation of autoantibodies preceded by 8 years in 8 of the 9 patients. The combination of increases in lymphocyte counts, severe liver damage, a rebound increase in globulin, persistent reactivations of Epstein-Barr virus and human herpesvirus-6, and low interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 at the acute/subacute phases, were significant risk factors for the future development of autoimmune disease. Based on these factors, we established a scoring system that can identify high-risk patients. When stratified these patients into three risk categories (low/intermediate/high), occurrence of autoimmune disease was exclusively detected in the high group. Our data represent the new scoring system to identify patients at high-risk of developing autoimmune disease, although a larger study is required to validate the scoring system.
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- Yoshiko Mizukawa
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan
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Katsuo K, Kaku Y, Tahara J, Irie H, Endo Y, Nomura T, Fujimoto M, Kabashima K. Multiple dermatomal granulomatous dermatitis concurring with herpes zoster. J Dermatol 2021; 48:e167-e168. [PMID: 33580911 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.15773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Kosuke Katsuo
- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Aoyama Y, Sugiyama S, Katayama C, Kamiya K. Risk factors for cytomegalovirus reactivation in autoimmune bullous disease patients on immunosuppressive therapy. Australas J Dermatol 2021; 62:e343-e344. [PMID: 33438199 DOI: 10.1111/ajd.13528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Yumi Aoyama
- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki General Medical Center, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.,Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki General Medical Center, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.,Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki General Medical Center, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.,Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan
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Cancer and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12113383. [PMID: 33207589 PMCID: PMC7698088 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in 2011 revolutionized the management of many solid cancers and hematological malignancies. However, there are concerns regarding the use of ICI in the era of COVID-19. We present currently available information on the pros and cons of using ICI in cancer patients with respect to the risk of acquiring an infection by SARS-CoV2 and mortality from COVID-19. By means of the present paper, clinicians and researchers may update their knowledge on a highly topical clinical question—is the use of ICI in cancer patients with SARS-CoV2 infection harmful with respect to COVID-19 outcome? Abstract Whether cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are at an increased risk of severe infection and mortality during the corona pandemic is a hotly debated topic that will continue to evolve. Here, we summarize and discuss current studies regarding COVID-19 and anti-cancer treatment with an emphasis on ICI. Importantly, several lines of evidence suggest that patients currently treated with ICI do not display an increased vulnerability to infection with SARS-CoV-2. Data regarding morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19 in cancer patients receiving ICI are less clear and often conflicting. Although mostly based on experimental data, it is possible that ICI can promote the exacerbated immune response associated with adverse outcome in COVID-19 patients. On the other hand, mounting evidence suggests that ICI might even be useful in the treatment of viral infections by preventing or ameliorating T cell exhaustion. In this context, the right timing of treatment might be essential. Nevertheless, some cancer patients treated with ICI experience autoimmune-related side effects that require the use of immunosuppressive therapies, which in turn may promote a severe course of infection with SARS-CoV-2. Although there is clear evidence that withholding ICI will have more serious consequences, further studies are urgently needed in to better evaluate the effects of ICI in patients with COVID-19 and the use of ICI during the corona pandemic in general.
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Umeda Y, Hayashi H, Sugiyama S, Aoyama Y. Systemic capillary leak syndrome triggered by anti-programmed death 1 checkpoint inhibitor in psoriasis. J Dermatol 2020; 47:1322-1325. [PMID: 32794214 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.15541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors are increasingly used for the treatment of malignancies. Despite the clinical benefits, unpredictable and potentially fatal side-effects may occur. We report a psoriatic patient who developed systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) after starting a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor. In order to determine which factors could trigger the development of SCLS in a patient with stable psoriasis after starting anti-PD-1 therapy, serum cytokines were serially measured before and after the development of SCLS in this patient. We also retrospectively reviewed 28 previously reported patients presenting clinical exacerbations of pre-existing psoriasis or the de novo induction of psoriasis after anti-PD-1 therapy. In 16 of the 28 patients (57.1%), the interval between last anti-PD-1 therapy and exacerbations of pre-existing psoriasis or the de novo induction of psoriasis was less than 28 days. The timing of the onset of SCLS in this patient was coincident with the increase in lymphocyte counts and at 22 days after last anti-PD-1 therapy. In 75%, however, anti-PD-1 therapy was able to be restarted and was tolerated well. Increased levels of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α, in addition to a persistent increase in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), were detected at onset of SCLS. An increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines and VEGF, when combined with a rapid and sequential recovery of neutrophils and lymphocytes after anti-PD-1 therapy, would predict the development of SCLS. Clinicians need to be aware that patients with psoriasis are at risk of a potentially fatal disease, SCLS, when anti-PD-1 therapy is started.
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- Yoshiyasu Umeda
- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan.,Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki General Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki General Medical Center, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
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Ashida C, Kinoshita K, Nozaki Y, Funauchi M. Fatal outcome in a patient under immunosuppressant therapy infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Strongyloides stercoralis: a case report. BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20:470. [PMID: 32615937 PMCID: PMC7331000 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05195-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Strongyloidiasis is a gastrointestinal parasitic infection caused by percutaneous infection with Strongyloides stercoralis. Digestive symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain are the main manifestation, but serious infections such as septicemia, purulent meningitis, and bacterial pneumonia may occur in individuals harboring human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) or who are immunocompromised. Although coinfection with Strongyloides stercoralis and HTLV-1 can lead to chronic strongyloidiasis and a disseminated form of the disease, there is a high rate of response to the anthelmintic ivermectin. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of strongyloidiasis infection syndrome that was difficult to differentiate from immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) for various reasons. The patient had been treated with the corticosteroids tacrolimus (Tac) and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with lupus nephritis and pancytopenia. When the steroid was reduced, she developed cytomegalovirus (CMV) enteritis, and her respiratory status rapidly deteriorated immediately after the withdrawal of Tac and MMF. It was difficult to distinguish immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome from strongyloidiasis infection syndrome because stool cultures were negative and eosinophils were not increased. Bronchoscopy revealed viable Strongyloides, leading to a diagnosis of strongyloidiasis infection syndrome, but the patient died despite treatment. CONCLUSIONS Both corticosteroid therapy and HTLV-1 infection can be associated with a decrease of eosinophils, despite the presence of parasitic infection. In conclusion, even if multiple culture tests are negative, the risk of parasitic infection should be assessed in patients receiving immunosuppressants and steroids even in non-endemic areas.
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- Chisato Ashida
- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University School of Medicine, 377-2 Oonohigashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-0014, Japan.
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University School of Medicine, 377-2 Oonohigashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-0014, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University School of Medicine, 377-2 Oonohigashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-0014, Japan
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- Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University School of Medicine, 377-2 Oonohigashi, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, 589-0014, Japan
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Katsuta M, Shiohara T, Asahina A. Refractory rheumatoid vasculitis complicated by cytomegalovirus reactivation as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. JAAD Case Rep 2020; 6:652-655. [PMID: 32613063 PMCID: PMC7321787 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lameiras C, Ornelas É, Mendes Lopes M, Dória MDC. Republished: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome in a patient taking lamotrigine. Drug Ther Bull 2020; 58:93-95. [PMID: 32234726 DOI: 10.1136/dtb.2019.229180rep] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE, Amadora, Portugal
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Olteanu C, Scope A, Steinberg-Silman Y, Ziv M, Shear NH, Dodiuk-Gad RP, Markel G. Vemurafenib-induced DRESS/DIHS resulting in spontaneous melanoma regression: an immunological reaction shedding new light on melanoma treatment? Int J Dermatol 2020; 59:e139-e141. [PMID: 32212333 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Cristina Olteanu
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Medical Screening Institute, Sheba Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Dermatology Department, Emek Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dermatology Department, Emek Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.,Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Gelincik A, Cavkaytar O, Kuyucu S. An Update on the Management of Severe Cutaneous Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions. Curr Pharm Des 2019; 25:3881-3901. [DOI: 10.2174/1381612825666191106115556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Severe cutaneous drug hypersensitivity reactions involve of different mechanisms , some of which are
life-threatening, such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis, drug reaction with eosinophilia
and systemic symptoms, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, generalized bullous fixed drug eruptions,
serum sickness and serum sickness-like reaction and drug-induced vasculitis. These reactions may have substantial
morbidity and mortality. In the past years, successive studies have provided new evidence regarding the
pathogenesis of some of these severe reactions and revealed that underlying mechanisms are highly variable.
Since these reactions have unique presentations and distinct pathomechanisms, the treatment methods and response
rates might be different among various entities. Although supportive and local therapies are sufficient in
some of these reactions, targeted immunosuppressive treatments and even mechanistic therapies such as plasmapheresis
may be required in severe ones. However, there is still insufficient evidence to support the best treatment
options for these patients since number of patients and large-scale studies are limited. In this review, conventional
and new treatment options for severe cutaneous drug hypersensitivity reactions are presented in detail in
order to provide the contemporary approaches to lessen the morbidity and mortality relevant to these severe iatrogenic
diseases.
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- Aslı Gelincik
- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
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Lameiras C, Ornelas É, Mendes Lopes M, Dória MDC. Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome in a patient taking lamotrigine. BMJ Case Rep 2019; 12:12/10/e229180. [DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare adverse drug reaction characterised by skin eruption and multiple organ involvement. Diagnosing this entity is challenging due to the variability of clinical manifestations, late onset and relapse even after stopping the causative drug. It is potentially life-threatening; thus, it must be promptly recognised and the causative drug withdrawn. We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with an acute diffuse rash, fever and eosinophilia 4 weeks after having started lamotrigine. The suspected eliciting drug was suspended and systemic corticoid treatment was initiated (prednisolone 0.5 mg/kg/day). Symptoms relapsed under corticoid tapering with greater severity. The patient developed an exuberant rash associated with peripheral lymphadenopathies, marked eosinophilia and hepatic cytolysis. The diagnosis of DRESS syndrome to lamotrigine was made. Prednisolone dosage was increased to 1 mg/kg/day, and the subsequent taper was performed slowly over the course of 10 weeks. Full clinical remission was observed.
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Shiohara T, Mizukawa Y. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS): An update in 2019. Allergol Int 2019; 68:301-308. [PMID: 31000444 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The aim of this review was to provide an updated overview of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). Several new insights have been made, particularly with regards to the diagnosis, pathogenesis and care of some important complications and sequelae. The indication of herpesvirus reactivations in diagnosis in the assessment of disease severity is now better specified. Nevertheless, because fatal complications and autoimmune sequelae have been under-recognized, there is a clear need to identify effective parameters for assessing disease severity and predicting prognosis of the disease in the early phase. In this regard, we have established a scoring system that can be used to monitor severity, predict prognosis and stratify the risk of developing severe complications including fatal cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. Regulatory T cells are likely to be central to the mechanism and would represent potential targets for therapeutic approaches that can ameliorate inflammatory responses occurring at the acute phase while preventing the subsequent development of harmful outcomes, such as CMV disease and autoimmune diseases.
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Sueki H, Kitami Y, Watanabe H. Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions during Tapering of High-Dose Systemic Steroid Therapy for Autoimmune Diseases: Implications for Non-HIV Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome. Case Rep Dermatol 2019; 11:166-174. [PMID: 31275132 PMCID: PMC6600039 DOI: 10.1159/000500945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We present 2 cases of severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) during the tapering of corticosteroids, following several courses of high-dose pulse therapy for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Their general symptoms and mucous membrane lesions, including those of the eye, were milder than those usually seen in Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis. Based on their initial presentation, these cases were not initially identified as SCARs, but continued to progress over the course of a few days. The mechanism underlying the paradoxical response to steroid administration seen in these patients can be interpreted as immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients.
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- Hirohiko Sueki
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms severity score: A useful tool for assessing disease severity and predicting fatal cytomegalovirus disease. J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 80:670-678.e2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Kurosawa S, Sekiya N, Fukushima K, Ikeuchi K, Fukuda A, Takahashi H, Chen F, Hasegawa H, Katano H, Hishima T, Setoguchi K. Unusual manifestation of disseminated herpes simplex virus type 2 infection associated with pharyngotonsilitis, esophagitis, and hemophagocytic lymphohisitocytosis without genital involvement. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:65. [PMID: 30654754 PMCID: PMC6337778 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3721-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Herpes simplex virus (HSV) has various presentations, depending on the patient’s immune status, age, and the route of transmission. In adults, HSV type 1 is found predominantly in the oral area, and HSV type 2 (HSV-2) is commonly found in the genital area. HSV-2 infection without genital lesions is uncommon. Herein we report a unique case of pharyngotonsillitis as an initial manifestation of disseminated HSV-2 infection without genital involvement. Case presentation A 46-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with a 1-week history of fever and sore throat. His past medical history included hypereosinophilic syndrome diagnosed at age 45 years. Physical examination revealed throat congestion, bilaterally enlarged tonsils with exudates, tender cervical lymphadenopathy in the left posterior triangle, and mild epigastric tenderness. The laboratory data demonstrated bicytopenia, elevated liver enzyme levels, and hyperferritinemia. A bone marrow smear showed hypocellular marrow with histiocytes and hemophagocytosis. The diagnosis of HLH was confirmed, and the patient was treated with methylprednisolone pulse therapy on days 1–3. On day 5, despite initial improvement of the fever and sore throat, multiple, new, small bullae developed on the patient’s face, trunk, and extremities. Additional testing showed that he was positive for HSV-specific immunoglobulin M and immunoglobulin G. Disseminated HSV infection was suspected, and intravenous acyclovir (10 mg/kg every 8 h) was begun. A subsequent direct antigen test of a bulla sample was positive for HSV-2. Moreover, tonsillar and esophageal biopsies revealed viral inclusion bodies. Immunohistochemical staining and a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay confirmed the presence of HSV-2. Disseminated HSV-2 infection with multiple bullae, tonsillitis, esophagitis, and suspected hepatic involvement was diagnosed. After a 2-week course of intravenous acyclovir, his hematological status and liver function normalized, and his cutaneous skin lesions resolved. He was discharged on day 22 in good general health and continued taking oral valacyclovir for viral suppression due to his immunosuppressed status. Conclusion Disseminated HSV-2 infection should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses in patients with pharyngotonsillitis and impaired liver function of unknown etiology even if there are no genital lesions.
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- Shuhei Kurosawa
- Division of Hematology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Tokyo, 1628640, Shinjyuku-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Tokyo, 1628640, Shinjyuku-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Hon-komagome, Tokyo, 1138677, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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Morita C, Yanase T, Shiohara T, Aoyama Y. Aggressive treatment in paediatric or young patients with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is associated with future development of type III polyglandular autoimmune syndrome. BMJ Case Rep 2018; 2018:bcr-2018-225528. [PMID: 30368475 PMCID: PMC6214396 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-225528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We experienced a 6-year-old case of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DiHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) with subsequent development autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), type 1 diabetes with antithyroglobulin, thyroid peroxidase, insulinoma-associated antigen and anti-insulin antibodies at 4 months, alopecia at 7 months, vitiligo, uveitis due to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease at 8 months after clinical resolution of the DiHS/DRESS. He was diagnosed as type III polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PASIII) after DiHS/DRESS. Prompted by this case, we sought to determine which triggering factors were responsible for later development of PASIII in previously published cases with autoimmune sequelae. In the literature review, five patients with DIHS/DRESS were found to develop autoimmune sequelae consistent with PASIII. All cases with PASIII were much younger than those without them. Four out of the five patients were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin or pulsed prednisolone in the acute stage, although effective in short-term outcomes.
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- Chiyo Morita
- Dermatology, Onomichi General Hospital, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan.,Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Dermatology, Onomichi General Hospital, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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Shiohara T, Mizukawa Y. The importance of considering skin diseases from a temporal perspective: Special emphasis on the effects of corticosteroids and virally induced diseases. JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cia2.12026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Tetsuo Shiohara
- Department of Dermatology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Kyorin University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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Miura T, Kikuchi N, Ohtsuka M, Yamamoto T. Varicella in a patient with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome developed after autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation. Int J Dermatol 2018; 57:e71-e73. [PMID: 29907960 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Takako Miura
- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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An Updated Review of the Molecular Mechanisms in Drug Hypersensitivity. J Immunol Res 2018; 2018:6431694. [PMID: 29651444 PMCID: PMC5830968 DOI: 10.1155/2018/6431694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Drug hypersensitivity may manifest ranging from milder skin reactions (e.g., maculopapular exanthema and urticaria) to severe systemic reactions, such as anaphylaxis, drug reactions with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS)/drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), or Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Current pharmacogenomic studies have made important strides in the prevention of some drug hypersensitivity through the identification of relevant genetic variants, particularly for genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes and human leukocyte antigens (HLAs). The associations identified by these studies are usually drug, phenotype, and ethnic specific. The drug presentation models that explain how small drug antigens might interact with HLA and T cell receptor (TCR) molecules in drug hypersensitivity include the hapten theory, the p-i concept, the altered peptide repertoire model, and the altered TCR repertoire model. The broad spectrum of clinical manifestations of drug hypersensitivity involving different drugs, as well as the various pathomechanisms involved, makes the diagnosis and management of it more challenging. This review highlights recent advances in our understanding of the predisposing factors, immune mechanisms, pathogenesis, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic approaches for drug hypersensitivity.
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Narita YM, Horie C, Hirahara K, Kano Y, Shiohara T, Mizukawa Y. Bullous pemphigoid complicated by cytomegalovirus disease as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: retrospective analyses of our institutional cases and literature review. Int J Dermatol 2017; 57:202-208. [PMID: 29197074 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.13799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease induced by reactivation of latent CMV is a fatal viral infection that may develop in a setting of therapy with immunosuppressive agents. There is a clear need to clarify any clinical features and markers of CMV disease. OBJECTIVE We investigated which clinical markers usually available in a clinical setting can predict CMV disease occurring in bullous pemphigoid (BP) patients receiving corticosteroids. METHOD We described a BP patient with CMV disease complicated by gastrointestinal hemorrhage and liver dysfunction. Prompted by this patient, we retrospectively analyzed clinical features and laboratory findings in our institutional four BP patients and previously reported nine BP patients with CMV disease. We also compared these patients with our institutional 42 BP patients not complicated by CMV disease. RESULTS High levels of anti-BP180 antibody titers associated with resistance to corticosteroids are a risk factor for the development of CMV disease. A reduction in platelet (PLT) and white blood cell (WBC) counts and an increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels 3-4 weeks after the initiation of corticosteroids are useful predictive markers for the onset of CMV disease. CONCLUSIONS Frequent WBC, PLT, and ALT measurements may identify BP patients at a risk of subsequently developing CMV disease. Careful monitoring of CMV disease in BP refractory to systemic corticosteroids may reduce the risk of fatal outcomes.
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- Yoko M Narita
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Sueki H, Mizukawa Y, Aoyama Y. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients. J Dermatol 2017; 45:3-9. [PMID: 28944502 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.14074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) represents a clinical phenomenon of immune-mediated inflammation against various antigens, including pathogenic microorganisms, drugs and unknown autoantigens, during recovery from immunosuppressed conditions. IRIS has become well recognized in HIV-infected populations. However, IRIS has seldom been recognized in HIV-negative immunocompromised patients. In the last 15 years, the immunopathogenesis of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) has been largely determined. Laboratory data and clinical observations support the idea that DIHS represents a prototype of non-HIV IRIS. Primary diseases in which non-HIV IRIS is secondary include severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions, such as DIHS, autoimmune diseases, collagen diseases, pregnancy and internal malignancies. Potential triggers of recovery from an immune deterioration state include a discontinuation or abrupt tapering of systemic steroids and/or immunosuppressants, withdrawal or reduced effects of anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibodies, and the use of immune-checkpoint antagonists for the advanced stages of malignancies. Wide use of IRIS across large populations risks oversimplification but highlights a key unifying principle. Balanced sensitivity and specificity for its diagnostic criteria and classification are necessary for the establishment of clinical practice guidelines for non-HIV IRIS. Additionally, the development of a useful combination of biomarkers is currently an urgent issue.
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- Hirohiko Sueki
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical University, Okayama, Japan
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Shiohara T, Kano Y, Hirahara K, Aoyama Y. Prediction and management of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2017.1297422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Tetsuo Shiohara
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Departemnt of Dermatology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Shiohara T, Kano Y. Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS): incidence, pathogenesis and management. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2016; 16:139-147. [DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2017.1270940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chung WH, Wang CW, Dao RL. Severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions. J Dermatol 2016; 43:758-66. [PMID: 27154258 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The clinical manifestations of drug eruptions can range from mild maculopapular exanthema to severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions (SCAR), including drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) which are rare but occasionally fatal. Some pathogens may induce skin reactions mimicking SCAR. There are several models to explain the interaction of human leukocyte antigen (HLA), drug and T-cell receptor (TCR): (i) the "hapten/prohapten" theory; (ii) the "p-i concept"; (iii) the "altered peptide repertoire"; and (iv) the "altered TCR repertoire". The checkpoints of molecular mechanisms of SCAR include specific drug antigens interacting with the specific HLA loci (e.g. HLA-B*15:02 for carbamazepine-induced SJS/TEN and HLA-B*58:01 for allopurinol-induced SCAR), involvement of specific TCR, induction of T-cell-mediated responses (e.g. granulysin, Fas ligand, perforin/granzyme B and T-helper 1/2-associated cytokines) and cell death mechanism (e.g. miR-18a-5p-induced apoptosis; annexin A1 and formyl peptide receptor 1-induced necroptosis in keratinocytes). In addition to immune mechanism, metabolism has been found to play a role in the pathogenesis of SCAR, such as recent findings of strong association of CYP2C9*3 with phenytoin-induced SCAR and impaired renal function with allopurinol SCAR. With a better understanding of the mechanisms, effective therapeutics and prevention for SCAR can be improved.
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- Wen-Hung Chung
- Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, Tapei, Linko and Keelung, Taiwan.,College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Chang Gung Immunology Consortium, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Whole-Genome Research Core Laboratory of Human Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, Tapei, Linko and Keelung, Taiwan.,Chang Gung Immunology Consortium, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospitals, Tapei, Linko and Keelung, Taiwan
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Hase I, Arakawa H, Sakuma H, Kaneko F, Watanabe Y, Fujiu K, Miyamoto H, Ishii Y. Bronchoscopic Investigation of Atypical Drug-induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome Showing Viral Lung Involvement. Intern Med 2016; 55:2691-6. [PMID: 27629969 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We herein report a case of atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) involving serological reactivation of cytomegalovirus induced by carbamazepine with pulmonary and skin manifestations. These lesions were not present on admission, but developed on virus reactivation as indicated by the presence of inclusion bodies and multinucleated giant cells in alveolar cells with CD8(+) T lymphocyte infiltration on a transbronchial lung biopsy. Although the precise mechanism of DIHS remains unknown, this case suggests the crucial role of viral reactivation in pulmonary lesions in DIHS.
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- Isano Hase
- Department of Respiratory Disease, Southern Tohoku General Hospital, Japan
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Increased number of peripheral CD8+ T cells but not eosinophils is associated with late-onset skin reactions caused by bendamustine. Int J Hematol 2015; 102:53-8. [PMID: 25833722 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-015-1791-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bendamustine is a chemotherapeutic drug that has recently come to be used frequently in the treatment of indolent B cell lymphomas. Skin toxicity is recognized as one of its characteristic side effects, but detailed information on such reactions has not yet been obtained. To clarify the clinical features of skin toxicity associated with bendamustine, we retrospectively analyzed skin reactions that developed in patients treated with bendamustine and rituximab (BR). Of 34 patients treated with 3-6 cycles of BR, 11 developed late-onset, persistent skin eruptions. These patients demonstrated increases in CD8(+) T cell number and CD8(+):CD4(+) cell ratio at the end of chemotherapy. In contrast, peripheral eosinophil count was not associated with such adverse events, whereas eosinophil infiltration was frequently observed in the skin. Patients with skin reactions tended to have higher seropositivity of hepatitis B core antibody, and multiplex viral screening PCR of the frozen sera demonstrated cytomegalovirus-DNA in some of the eruption-positive patients. It is speculated that inappropriate activation of CD8(+) T cells by latently infected pathogens may be one of the triggers of late-onset skin reactions caused by bendamustine.
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Kano Y, Tohyama M, Aihara M, Matsukura S, Watanabe H, Sueki H, Iijima M, Morita E, Niihara H, Asada H, Kabashima K, Azukizawa H, Hashizume H, Nagao K, Takahashi H, Abe R, Sotozono C, Kurosawa M, Aoyama Y, Chu CY, Chung WH, Shiohara T. Sequelae in 145 patients with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: survey conducted by the Asian Research Committee on Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (ASCAR). J Dermatol 2015; 42:276-82. [PMID: 25623158 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DIHS/DRESS) is a severe adverse drug reaction caused by specific drug. It is characterized by visceral organ involvement and reactivation of various human herpesviruses. Although sporadic reports have documented certain conditions that appear after the resolution of DIHS/DRESS, little information is available on sequelae after resolution of DIHS/DRESS in a large patient population. The Asian Research Committee on Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions, comprised of doctors from Japan and Taiwan, conducted a survey on sequelae and deterioration of the underlying disease in patients with DIHS/DRESS. This was achieved by directly interviewing patients who had been followed-up by experts or through a questionnaire mailed to patients. Questions were asked about new onset cardiovascular disease, collagen disease or autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal disease, renal disease, respiratory disease, neoplasms, and other diseases such as herpes zoster and diabetes mellitus, as well as deterioration of the underlying disease. A total of 145 patients were analyzed in this study. The following newly developed diseases after recovery from DIHS/DRESS were observed: Graves' disease (n = 2), Hashimoto's disease (n = 3), painless thyroiditis (n = 2), fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus (n = 5), and infectious diseases (n = 7). Several DIHS/DRESS patients with pre-existing renal dysfunction required lifelong hemodialysis. DIHS/DRESS is a condition that increases the risk of new onset of disease. Long-term observation of DIHS/DRESS can provide an opportunity to investigate substantial diseases from onset to the full-blown stage. Patients with DIHS/DRESS require careful long-term follow-up.
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- Yoko Kano
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Crucial Role of Viral Reactivation in the Development of Severe Drug Eruptions: a Comprehensive Review. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2014; 49:192-202. [DOI: 10.1007/s12016-014-8421-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Sakai T, Hatano Y, Abe I, Ishii K, Fujiwara S. A case of an SLE patient with febrile neutropenia who experienced exacerbation of cutaneous manifestations after the administration of G-CSF. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-012-0740-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Shiohara T, Kano Y. Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome: recent advances in drug allergy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/edm.12.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Takahashi R, Sato Y, Kurata M, Yamazaki Y, Kimishima M, Shiohara T. Pathological Role of Regulatory T Cells in the Initiation and Maintenance of Eczema Herpeticum Lesions. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 192:969-78. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1300102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the epicenter of the HIV pandemic and HIV-infected people are more susceptible to inflammatory dermatoses, infections, and drug eruptions. Many of the drugs used for HIV-associated opportunistic infections are associated with a higher incidence of drug-related toxicities and drug interactions. This article discusses the epidemiology, pharmacogenetics, and clinical features of idiosyncratic drug reactions in HIV-infected Africans. Special considerations in this population, including immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, multiple drug hypersensitivity syndrome, drug reactions in pregnancy, drug rechallenge in lichenoid drug eruptions, and anxiety/depression after cutaneous adverse drug reactions, are also briefly discussed.
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Short- and long-term outcomes of 34 patients with drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome in a single institution. J Am Acad Dermatol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Kano Y. [The cutting-edge of medicine; drug allergy for physicians to know-severe cutaneous drug eruptions]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 102:738-44. [PMID: 23777169 DOI: 10.2169/naika.102.738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yoko Kano
- Department of Dermatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Japan
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Moling O, Tappeiner L, Piccin A, Pagani E, Rossi P, Rimenti G, Vedovelli C, Mian P. Treatment of DIHS/DRESS syndrome with combined N-acetylcysteine, prednisone and valganciclovir--a hypothesis. Med Sci Monit 2012; 18:CS57-62. [PMID: 22739739 PMCID: PMC3560780 DOI: 10.12659/msm.883198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DIHS/DRESS) is a rare and severe adverse drug reaction with an associated mortality of 10–20%. Clinical worsening despite discontinuation of the culprit drug is considered a characteristic feature of DIHS/DRESS. Besides the early recognition of the syndrome and discontinuation of its causative drug, the mainstay of treatment is systemic corticosteroids. Nevertheless, treatment of severe DIHS/DRESS is not well defined, as corticosteroids may sometimes not be effective, and decreasing the dose may be associated with flaring of the disease. Case Report A 38-year-old woman with high fever, malaise, abdominal pain, rash, and elevated liver enzymes received immediate high-dose N-acetylcysteine, because acetaminophen hepatotoxicity was suspected. N-acetylcysteine administration was associated with a significant clinical improvement. However, within the next week DIHS/DRESS syndrome was diagnosed, which explained all the symptoms, and which was subsequently treated with prednisone and valganciclovir. Conclusions New options necessary to improve treatment of severe DIHD/DRESS have to consider its sequential pathogenetic mechanisms. N-acetylcysteine might neutralize the drug-derived reactive metabolites, which are responsible for protein adduct formation and specific T cell stimulation, and replete the glutathione stores that counterbalance oxidative stress. Prednisone might inhibit lymphoproliferation and valganciclovir might prevent complications related to HHV-6 reactivation. We therefore propose the unprecedented combination of N-acetylcysteine, prednisone and valganciclovir as a treatment option for DIHS/DRESS.
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- Oswald Moling
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Generale, Bolzano, Italy.
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Sakai T, Hatano Y, Abe I, Ishii K, Fujiwara S. A case of an SLE patient with febrile neutropenia who experienced exacerbation of cutaneous manifestations after the administration of G-CSF. Mod Rheumatol 2012; 23:1231-6. [PMID: 22933310 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0740-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. Although hematological anomalies are commonly found in SLE, severe polymorphonuclear leukocyte depletion is rare. Most episodes of severe granulocytopenia in SLE patients tend to occur as part of drug toxicity-induced medullar hypoplasia, and recombinant human (rh) granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been shown to be effective for treating neutropenia associated with SLE. However, flares of some autoimmune diseases, including flares in six SLE patients, have been reported after G-CSF therapy. This report presents the case of a patient with SLE who experienced exacerbation of skin symptoms after G-CSF therapy. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that G-CSF can exacerbate inflammatory disease. Furthermore, the possibility that several factors other than rhG-CSF may affect the disease activity of SLE should be considered when SLE patients with neutropenia require the administration of rhG-CSF. Therefore rhG-CSF should be used with considerable caution in neutropenic patients with SLE.
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- Takashi Sakai
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oita, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan,
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Lehloenya RJ, Dheda K. Cutaneous adverse drug reactions to anti-tuberculosis drugs: state of the art and into the future. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2012; 10:475-86. [PMID: 22512756 DOI: 10.1586/eri.12.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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First- and second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs are associated with a diverse presentation of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADR), ranging from mild to life threatening. An individual drug can cause multiple types of CADR, and a specific type of CADR can be due to any anti-tuberculosis drug, which can make the management of tuberculosis (TB) following CADR challenging. The higher incidence of TB and CADR in HIV-infected persons makes TB-associated CADR a burgeoning problem for clinicians, particularly in high HIV-prevalence settings. This review discusses the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of TB-associated CADR. Clinical controversies including its impact on treatment outcomes, challenges in restarting optimal anti-tuberculosis therapy and the timing of highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation in those with HIV coinfection are also discussed. Finally, gaps in the current knowledge of TB-associated CADR have been identified and a research agenda has been proposed.
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- Rannakoe J Lehloenya
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Granulomatous interstitial nephritis associated with atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome induced by carbamazepine. Clin Exp Nephrol 2011; 16:168-72. [PMID: 21947692 PMCID: PMC3297751 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-011-0531-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report the case of a 70-year-old female patient with granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN) induced by carbamazepine (CBZ). The patient had a 22-year history of bipolar disorder. Approximately 50 days before admission to our hospital, she was switched from valproic acid to 200 mg/day CBZ for mood swings. Forty days later, she presented with mild transient platelet depletion and liver dysfunction along with a C-reactive protein (CRP) level of 2.65 mg/dL. At that time, she discontinued CBZ without consulting the doctor. She subsequently developed high fever and a pruritic maculopapular rash. Laboratory tests revealed an elevated CRP level (11.98 mg/dL) and serum creatinine (sCr) of 1.6 mg/dL. Hence, she was admitted to our hospital, where she showed eosinophilia and immunoglobulin suppression. She was diagnosed with atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS). All drugs prescribed by the previous doctor were discontinued. A lymphocyte transformation test showed CBZ positivity; a renal biopsy revealed many granulomatous lesions connected to arterioles, without angionecrotic findings. The patient had no history of allergic disorders or tuberculosis. Because of psychological instability, we treated her conservatively without steroid administration. She had a good recovery except for mild residual renal insufficiency (sCr, 1.0 mg/dL). Although granuloma formation has been observed in kidney biopsy specimens of rare cases with DIHS, no previous studies have reported on the relationship between arterioles and granuloma formation.
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