DRESS Syndrome During Treatment of Infection with Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria

Abstract This case report discusses a diagnosis of a Drug Rush with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) as a rare severe hypersensitivity reaction in a 75-year-old female patient, who developed rush, fever, elevated CRP, transaminases and peripheral eosinophilia and severe respiratory insufficiency caused by extensive bipulmonary ground-glass infiltrates during treatment of infection with non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Keywords: Drug Rush with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms; DRESS; Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium; Lymphocyte transformation test; LTT