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Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome associated with systemic cytomegalovirus infection and systemic bacteremia
M Arakawa1, Y Kakuto, K Ichikawa
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital.
Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|May 4, 2001
Abstract:
A 43-year-old man developed fever, skin rash, eosinophillia, and severe renal and liver dysfunction following treatment with allopurinol. The patient died after 3 months of hospitalization. Autopsy revealed systemic cytomegalovirus infection and bacteremia.