Abstract
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is an illness which is difficult to diagnose because of its various symptoms. In our case, apatient with small spotted exanthema with nearly erythroderma and eosinophilia presented to the emergency room. Systemic steroid therapy was started on suspicion of a drug reaction. Over the course of time, the patient's general condition deteriorated significantly and the patient developed cholecystitis, Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, pneumonitis and cytomegalovirus reactivation. With this case report, we want to show that DRESS is adisease that is difficult to treat and can develop after along delay.
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