2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02788.x
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Fulminant Liver Failure After Vancomycin in a Sulfasalazine-Induced DRESS Syndrome: Fatal Recurrence After Liver Transplantation

Abstract: DRESS syndrome (drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms) is a rare drug hypersensitivity reaction with a significant mortality. We describe a 60-yearold man with polyarthritis treated with sulfasalazine who developed DRESS and fulminant liver failure after additional vancomycin treatment. Liver histology revealed infiltration of granzymeB+ CD3+ lymphocytes in close proximity to apoptotic hepatocytes. After a superurgent liver transplantation and initial recovery, the patient developed recurrent gener… Show more

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“…Histological examination of inflamed liver tissue from a patient with a sulfasalazine-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome revealed infiltration of granzyme B secreting T lymphocytes. 69 This finding supports a direct role of drugresponsive T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of DILI.…”
Section: Immunologic Basis For the Pathogenesis Of Dilisupporting
confidence: 73%
“…Histological examination of inflamed liver tissue from a patient with a sulfasalazine-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome revealed infiltration of granzyme B secreting T lymphocytes. 69 This finding supports a direct role of drugresponsive T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of DILI.…”
Section: Immunologic Basis For the Pathogenesis Of Dilisupporting
confidence: 73%
“…More recently, histological examination of an inflamed liver from a single patient exposed to sulfasalazine revealed an infiltration of granzyme B secreting T-lymphocytes. 9 The discovery of HLA alleles as risk factors for DILI (e.g., flucloxacillin [B*57:01], 10 ximelagatran [DRB1*07:01], 11 lumiracoxib [DRB1*15:01] 12 ) is supportive of an immune mechanism; however, biological data showing HLA restriction of drug-responsive cytotoxic T cells is lacking. The strength of the association described for flucloxacillin-approximately 85% of cases carry at least one copy of HLA-B*57:01-prompted us to investigate (1) the cellular response in patients with flucloxacillin-induced liver injury, and (2) whether flucloxacillin activates naive CD8þ T cells from HLA-B*57:01-positive volunteers.…”
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“…Sulfasalazine bağlı İİHS ve DRESS, geç dönemde akut interstisyel nefrit ve karaciğer transplantasyonu ile sonuçlanan karaciğer yetmezliğine neden olabilir. Hatta karaciğer transplantasyonu sonrası karaciğer yetmezliği tablosu tekrarlayan bir olgu bildirilmiştir [10][11][12] . İlaç reaksiyonlarında klinik görünüm patogenezde daha baskın olan mekanizmayı yansıtmaktadır.…”
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