DRESS syndrome with multiorgan involvement and HHV-6 reactivation in the absence of a drug trigger.

Intern Med J

Department of General Medicine, Canberra Hospital, Canberra Health Services, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Published: March 2024

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a severe drug reaction where patients present with fever, morbilliform rash and multiorgan manifestations, which may include acute renal failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome and eosinophilic myocarditis. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with acute heart failure, DRESS syndrome features and human herpesvirus 6 reactivation in the absence of a drug trigger. She was diagnosed with eosinophilic myocarditis and successfully treated with corticosteroid therapy.

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