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ArticleCureus2025

Infectious Disease Detective: A Case of a Mysterious Rash.

Lena DeLorenzo, Danielle C Thor, Cindy Hou

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lena DeLorenzoInternal Medicine, Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Cherry Hill, USA.
Danielle C ThorInternal Medicine, Jefferson Stratford Hospital, Stratford, USA.
Cindy HouInfectious Diseases, Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Cherry Hill, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug reactions are often serious and complex events that can greatly affect patient outcomes. Many of these drug reactions manifest dermatologically by altering the skin's structure or function and are most typically eosinophilic mediated. Fortunately, few drug reactions result in severe consequences for patients, and even fewer are fatal. However, the spectrum of what constitutes a drug reaction is expansive with consistent potential for novel findings. In the case presented, an 81-year-old male patient was found to have whole-body perivascular dermatitis with eosinophils eventually determined to be secondary to a delayed drug reaction. Through this report, the importance of detailed investigation of drug reactions is amplified in the context of rashes of unknown origin and beyond.

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dermatitisdermatologydrug reactioneosinophiliainfectious diseaseinternal medicineperivascular dermatitisrash

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PMID40260366
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