Successful Treatment of Antiepileptic Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome With Intravenous Immune Globulin

Successful Treatment of Antiepileptic Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome With Intravenous Immune Globulin

Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) has proved beneficial for severe immunologically related cutaneous adverse reactions. We report a child with severe antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity syndrome who was successfully treated with IVIG. IVIG should be considered in the pharmacologic armamentarium of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2001-01, Vol.107 (1), p.e14-e14
Hauptverfasser: Scheuerman, Oded, Nofech-Moses, Yehuda, Rachmel, Avinoam, Ashkenazi, Shai
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Anticonvulsants - adverse effects
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Child
Drug Eruptions - drug therapy
Drug Eruptions - etiology
Drug Hypersensitivity - drug therapy
Drug Hypersensitivity - etiology
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous - therapeutic use
Male
Meningoencephalitis - complications
Pediatrics
Phenytoin - adverse effects
Phenytoin - therapeutic use
Seizures - drug therapy
Seizures - etiology
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) has proved beneficial for severe immunologically related cutaneous adverse reactions. We report a child with severe antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity syndrome who was successfully treated with IVIG. IVIG should be considered in the pharmacologic armamentarium of severe antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity syndrome. antiepileptic drugs, hypersensitivity, immune globulin.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.107.1.e14