Understanding the patient experience of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A qualitative study

Upeka Samarakoon; Anna R Wolfson; Li Zhou; Fatima Bassir; Elizabeth Phillips; Daniela Kroshinsky; Bethany Cucka; Bianca Biglione; Neelam A Phadke; Jordon Jaggers; Emily C Byrne; Allen D Judd; Kimberly G Blumenthal

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2024.04.036

Understanding the patient experience of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A qualitative study

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Aug;91(2):370-373. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.04.036. Epub 2024 Apr 26.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Center for Drug Safety and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 38677336
PMCID: PMC11267464 (available on 2025-08-01)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.04.036

No abstract available

Keywords: SCAR; antiepileptic hypersensitivity syndrome; drug allergy; drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome; hypersensitivity; patient-reported outcomes; severe cutaneous adverse reaction.

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Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome* / diagnosis
Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome* / etiology
Eosinophilia / chemically induced
Eosinophilia / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Qualitative Research*

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MeSH terms

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