Ahuja Tania, Chung Frank R, Ruiz-Maya Tania
New York University Langone Health, Department of Pharmacy, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2018 Jun 10;2018:2648325. doi: 10.1155/2018/2648325. eCollection 2018.
We present a case of azathioprine hypersensitivity presenting as sepsis with elevated procalcitonin in a 68-year-old man with myasthenia gravis. The patient presented with fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and headache. He developed numerous 1 cm erythematous papules over his upper torso. Infectious workup including bacteriological tests and microbial cultures was negative and a skin biopsy was performed which revealed suppurative folliculitis with eosinophils, consistent with drug hypersensitivity. Notably, acute phase reactants including C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were elevated upon presentation, likely secondary to drug hypersensitivity.