Evaluation of Cyclosporine for the Treatment of DRESS Syndrome.

JAMA Dermatol

Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Published: June 2020

This retrospective case-control study of 26 adults evaluates the use of cyclosporine A in the treatment of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS syndrome) compared with standard systemic glucocorticosteroids.

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