“…Many studies have reported positive PTs with carbamazepine at 10% or 30%, including 11 cases among 13 patients with DRESS possibly due to this anticonvulsant in the present study, seven out of 10 suspected cases in the study of Lin et al, 17 and 13 ⁄18 cases (at 20% in petrolatum) reported by Santiago et al 3 There are also some reports of positive drug PTs in patients with DRESS 2 in response to abacavir, 18 antituberculous agents, 19 aspirin, 20 carbamazepine, 17,21 cyclins, beta-lactam antibiotics, 9,22 celecoxib, 19 esomeprazole, 22 fluindione, 23 lamotrigine, 2 phenytoin, 3 propylthiouracil, 24 spironolactone and topiramate. 3 In DRESS, herpes family virus reactivation has been reported in 76% of patients, and the main response may be related to an expansion of CD8+ T cells directed against EBV or HHV-6.…”