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11 January 2024: Articles

DRESS Syndrome: Renal Involvement in Two Cases – A Comprehensive Analysis and Literature Review of Improved Diagnosis and Treatment

Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy

Magdalena Natalia Mąsior E , Olga Maria Rostkowska A* , Agnieszka Furmańczyk-Zawiska A , Renata Wieczorek-Godlewska B , Marcin Wyzgał B , Magdalena Durlik A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942315

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942315

Table 1. The Registry of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (RegiSCAR) group diagnosis score for Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS).

NoYesUnknownCase 1*Case 2**
−10−1−1−1
01000
01000
≥ ≥−11022
2
−11022
010
−10001
01
212
−11−111
01011
(1 point if at least 3 of the following tests are performed and are negative: HAV, HBV, HCV, mycoplasma, chlamydia, ANA, blood culture)
Total score for DRESS diagnosis:
* Case 1 – total of 6 points.
** Case 2 – total of 8 points. DRESS – Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms; HAV – hepatitis A virus; HBV – hepatitis B virus; HCV – hepatitis C virus; ANA – antinuclear antibodies.

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