Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms to anti-tuberculosis therapy: A retrospective review of inpatients at an academic medical centre in the United States.

Abstract

This retrospective cohort study analyzes the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes of patients who developed drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) to tuberculosis (TB) therapy in a TB non-endemic region. Anti-TB agents represented 7.5% of all antimicrobial-induced DRESS cases, and rifampin was the most commonly implicated agent among drugs used to treat TB.