The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App
Frequency - Incidence
Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases
Evidence level/grade
Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic
DRES syndrome - DRESS-like reaction
Publications
Fatal sulfasalazine-induced eosinophilic myocarditis in a patient with periodic fever syndrome.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre. 2015;24(2):195-7
[DRESS syndrome following sulfasalazine treatment].
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie. 2014;73(2):180-3
Dress syndrome with sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumomediastinum.
Indian journal of dermatology. 2011;56(6):763-5
[Sulfasalazine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome associated with human herpesvirus 6 reactivation and induction of antiphospholipid syndrome].
Actas dermo-sifiliograficas. 2011;102(7):537-40
[DRESS syndrome: 11 case reports and a literature review].
Therapie. 2010;65(6):543-50
Piñana E, Lei SH, Merino R, Melgosa M, De La Vega R, Gonzales-Obeso E, Ramírez E, Borobia A, Carcas A
DRESS-syndrome on sulfasalazine and naproxen treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis and reactivation of human herpevirus 6 in an 11-year-old Caucasian boy.
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics. 2010;35(3):365-70
A case of sulphasalazine-induced DRESS syndrome with delayed acute interstitial nephritis.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association. 2009;24(9):2940-2
Sulfasalazine-induced DRESS syndrome (Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms).
Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina. 2008;126(4):225-6