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1/101. asthma due to inhaled chemical agents--the macrolide antibiotic spiramycin.

    One year after starting work in the pharmaceutical industry a 35-year-old non-atopic maintenance engineer developed attacks of sneezing, coughing and breathlessness. These occurred at home during the evening and early morning, never at work during the day. His employment involved contact with a wide variety of chemical agents including the macrolide antibiotic spiramycin. inhalation challenge tests carried out in hospital with gradually increasing quantities of spiramycin reproduced his symptoms and led to the development of late asthmatic reactions, during which the FEV1 fell by 25% and the FEV1/FVC ratio by 15%. No change occurred in the single breath CO transfer factor nor were crepitations heard over the lung fields which remained normal on chest X-ray. The patient showed positive immediate skin prick tests to spiramycin and developed blood eosinophilia during the late asthma attacks. inhalation of sodium cromoglycate either before, or before and hourly after the provocation challenge for 6 hr, failed to prevent the late asthma, although its onset was further delayed. On leaving the pharmaceutical industry the patient's symptoms improved but did not finally clear until his wife, who had worked in a clerical capacity in the same factory also ceased her employment.
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2/101. colitis may be part of the antiepileptic drug hypersensitivity syndrome.

    PURPOSE: To show that colitis may be part of the antiepileptic hypersensitivity syndrome. methods: Description of two case histories. RESULTS: The first patient was a 47-year-old man who developed fever, lymphadenopathy, influenza-like symptoms, facial edema, skin rash and diarrhea after 3 weeks of carbamazepine (CBZ) treatment. laparotomy because of severe abdominal pain 2 weeks later showed severe colitis with perforations. The second patient was a 41-year-old woman who developed fever, diarrhea, and skin rash 4 weeks after start of CBZ treatment. A colon biopsy confirmed colitis. Stool examinations did not show pathogenic microorganisms, and there was no evidence of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Both patients had elevated liver enzymes, peripheral eosinophilia, and eosinophils in the infiltrate of the colon. CONCLUSIONS: In view of the close temporal relation between start of CBZ intake and development of colitis, the presence of fever, lymphadenopathy, and rash, and improvement after discontinuation of CBZ, we conclude that the two patients developed an AED hypersensitivity syndrome. Our case histories demonstrate that severe colitis may be part of this syndrome.
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3/101. Severe hypersensitivity reaction to minocycline.

    minocycline is a tetracycline derivative mainly used in the treatment of acne vulgaris in young persons. Adverse events have been reported with minocycline, although it can be considered a safe drug. We report a case of severe hypersensitivity reaction to minocycline in a young patient. Laboratory examinations, chest X-ray, skin test and skin biopsy were performed. Oral challenge test with minocycline was not carried out as it can be hazardous. A case of severe reaction to minocycline is described in this article. The clinical and laboratory findings may be helpful in diagnosing similar reactions for which the immunological mechanisms are unknown. Moreover, this type of reaction must be recognized early due to the potential fatal outcome.
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4/101. Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis following intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a male infant with minimal-change nephrotic syndrome.

    A boy aged 4 years with nephrotic syndrome (NS) was referred to our hospital because of the third relapse of NS. Hypogammaglobulinemia associated with massive proteinuria was observed at the presentation. Residual urinary tract infection required intravenous piperacillin and immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG). Soon after IVIG, he complained of high fever with chills, bilateral knee joint pain, dry cough and chest discomfort. Although he did not develop renal insufficiency, a transient increase in the urinary beta2-microglobulin and decrease in the serum complement hemolytic activity were observed. These clinical manifestations spontaneously ceased. A percutaneous renal biopsy for his NS performed 19 days after the episode of allergic reaction revealed tubulointerstitial nephritis (tin) with marked eosinophil infiltrates. Glomeruli showed minor glomerular abnormalities. Renal complications associated with IVIG treatment have been reported to date, however, acute tin has rarely been seen.
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5/101. Anaphylactoid reaction to levofloxacin.

    Anaphylactoid and/or anaphylactic reactions to fluoroquinolones are estimated to occur in 0.46-1.2/100,000 patients. A 49-year-old woman with a history of asthma was admitted for a presumed asthma exacerbation related to an infectious process. She was given levofloxacin and standard management for an acute exacerbation. On two occasions the patient's respiratory distress worsened, requiring intubation. The second reaction occurred immediately after levofloxacin administration and was accompanied by a marked cutaneous reaction. levofloxacin was discontinued, and supportive care was provided. No further symptoms occurred. The patient later was found to have been started on levofloxacin before admission for a suspected upper respiratory infection.
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6/101. indomethacin induced bulky lymphadenopathy and eosinophilic pneumonia.

    indomethacin is one of the most popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Although NSAID occasionally provoke bronchospasm and hypersensitivity pneumonia, they seldom cause lymphadenopathy. This is the first report in which NSAID induced both eosinophilic pneumonia and bulky intrathoracic lymphadenopathy simultaneously. A 76-year-old Japanese man experienced high fever and dyspnoea after using an indomethacin suppository. Computed tomography scan of his chest revealed massive mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy along with diffuse infiltration in both lungs. He was diagnosed to have eosinophilic pneumonia because of eosinophilia in his peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Without using glucocorticoids, the pulmonary infiltration and lymphadenopathy subsided spontaneously. As the blastoid transformation test using the lymphocytes in his BALF was positive to indomethacin, we judged that both his eosinophilic pneumonia and mediastinal lymphadenopathy were due to a hypersensitivity reaction to indomethacin. An allergic reaction to NSAID should be considered as a rare cause of mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
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7/101. Red man syndrome during administration of prophylactic antibiotic against infective endocarditis.

    Red man syndrome (RMS) is the occurrence flushing, pruritus, chest pain, muscle spasm or hypotension during vancomycin infusion. It usually happens as a result of rapid infusion of the drug but may also occur after slow administration. The frequency and severity of this phenomenon diminish with repeated administration of vancomycin. A case is presented whereby RMS occurred while prophylactic antibiotic against infective endocarditis was administered.
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8/101. Eosinophilic pleural effusion due to dantrolene: resolution with steroid therapy.

    A quadriplegic patient with severe spasticity, treated with dantrolene (400 mg daily) for 5 years, had dyspnea, orthopnea, hypoxia, and right-sided opacity of the chest on radiograph. At thoracentesis, an exudative effusion containing 64% eosinophils was documented, with simultaneous peripheral eosinophilia of 11%. An allergic reaction to dantrolene was postulated. Despite withdrawal of the offending medication and repeated thoracenteses, symptomatic recurrence of effusion persisted for 4 days. After institution of prednisone therapy, rapid resolution of symptoms, signs, hypoxia, and radiologic abnormalities was observed. In contrast to five previously reported cases of dantrolene-associated eosinophilic pleural effusion (EPE), ours represents the first in which the patient was treated with steroids and suggests that steroid therapy may be of benefit in drug-related EPE.
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9/101. Usefulness of patch tests for diagnosing selective allergy to captopril.

    captopril, enalapril, and lisinopril are angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors widely prescribed for hypertension and heart failure. Cutaneous side effects of captopril include angio-edema, anaphylactoid reactions, maculopapular eruptions, pitiryasis rosea-like rash, toxic erythema, and exfoliative dermatitis. Some of the immunological captopril-induced cutaneous adverse reactions have been diagnosed in recent years by patch tests. A case of a cutaneous immune adverse reaction to captopril with tolerance to enalapril and lisinopril demonstrated both by patch tests and double-blind challenge tests is reported for the first time. A 71-year-old nonatopic woman suffered a generalized pruriginous maculopapular rash. Two months earlier, she had started oral treatment with captopril 50 mg t.i.d and glibenclamide 5 mg daily. After the rash appeared, she stopped both drugs and the reaction cleared. A skin biopsy from one of the lesions showed perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate of the upper dermis. skin prick tests with captopril and glibenclamide and patch tests with enalapril, lisinopril, and glibenclamide at 1% and 10% pet., and with mercaptobenzothiazole (a sulfhydryl group-containing chemical at 1% pet were negative. Only patch tests with captopril at 1% and 10% concentrations were positive at 48 h. Oral double-blind challenge tests with glibenclamide, enalapril, lisinopril, and placebo showed good tolerance. The patient was advised to avoid only captopril. Because captopril is the only ACE inhibitor containing a sulfhydryl group and has occasionally been implicated in complex immunological diseases, this chemical group has been considered the culprit of allergic reactions to captopril. The lack of cross-reactivity between captopril, enalapril, and benazepril has been demonstrated in a few patients by patch tests. In our patient, patch tests identified captopril as the drug responsible for a probably immune adverse reaction not due to the sulfhydryl group. patch tests are useful and safe in the diagnostic work-up of allergic drug reactions and in studies of cross-sensitivity among ACE inhibitors.
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10/101. Safe administration of etoposide phosphate after hypersensitivity reaction to intravenous etoposide.

    etoposide is commonly used in a variety of malignancies. A well known but rare toxicity are hypersensitivity reactions, usually manifested by chest discomfort, dyspnoea, bronchospasm and hypotension. We report the details of a patient who developed hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous etoposide, but subsequently tolerated the administration of intravenous etoposide phosphate with no sequelae.
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