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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2022

Atypical, Levetiracetam-induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome Complicated by Fulminant Liver Failure in a Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis.

Hirotaka Sato, Kentaro Takase, Aiko Harada, Iori Ozono, Yasuhide Kodama, Tomoko Ishitobi, Toshihiro Imada, Hideyuki Ohnuma, Seikon Kin

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hirotaka SatoDepartment of Nephrology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Kentaro TakaseDepartment of Nephrology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Aiko HaradaDepartment of General Medicine, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Iori OzonoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Yasuhide KodamaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Tomoko IshitobiDepartment of Dermatology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Toshihiro ImadaDepartment of General Medicine, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Hideyuki OhnumaDepartment of Pathology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Seikon KinDepartment of Nephrology, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 59-year-old man undergoing hemodialysis was administered levetiracetam, after which he developed a systemic rash, high fever, severe liver dysfunction, and leukocytopenia with reactivation of human herpes virus 6. Atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity (DIHS) was diagnosed, and prednisolone was administered at 60 mg/day. However, liver failure rapidly progressed, and the patient died 12 days following treatment. Despite the rarity of DIHS with concomitant fulminant liver failure from levetiracetam and sufficient clearance thereof by hemodialysis, our case suggests that this syndrome may still ensue, resulting in mortality, even in hemodialysis patients. Although no treatment has yet been established, strict monitoring and aggressive treatment may be required.

Indexed as

Drug HypersensitivityDrug Hypersensitivity SyndromeLiver Failure, AcuteHumansLevetiracetamMaleMiddle AgedPrednisoloneRenal DialysisLevetiracetamPrednisolonedrug induced hypersensitivityhemodialysislevetiracetam

Identifiers

PMID35228427
PMCPMC9593156
OpenAlexW4214555542

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