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Nephrol Ther
December 2020
Department of clinical pharmacology, University Hospital of Fattouma Bourguiba Monastir, University of Monastir, rue Avicenne, 5019 Monastir, Tunisia.
Introduction: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a severe and rare adverse drug reaction. Several drugs are known to induce DRESS. Furosemide, a sulfonamide loop diuretic drug, is known to induce hypersensitive reactions such as bullous eruptions, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis and lichenoid eruptions, but rarely DRESS.
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July 2016
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Services, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta.
J Am Acad Dermatol
August 1989
Department of Dermatology, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD 20814.
This case report describes an 88-year-old man who developed an eruption that clinically and histologically simulated Sweet's syndrome 6 weeks after furosemide therapy was started. The rapid resolution of lesions on discontinuation of the medication, as well as several features atypical for Sweet's syndrome in this case, favored the diagnosis of drug eruption. A review of adverse cutaneous reactions induced by furosemide is also presented.
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