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hypersensitivity syndrome

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hypersensitivity syndrome
A severe idiosyncratic reaction to certain drugs–eg, anticonvulsants, sulfonamides, allopurinol, which is characterized by rash–eg, exfoliative dermatitis and fever, and may be accompanied by arthralgias, carditis, hepatitis, lymphadenopathy Lab Atypical lymphocytes, eosinophilia, abnormal LFTs


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Rare side effects includes liver inflammation, failure of blood cell production by the bone marrow, blood vessel inflammation and Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome.
o a peculiar hypersensitivity syndrome consisting of fever, rash, kidney and liver dysfunction, and elevated white blood cell count.
nbsp;as a genetic screening test for abacavir hypersensitivity syndrome.
 
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