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Case Reports
. 1982 Feb;58(676):100-1.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.676.100.

Glandular fever-like syndrome, pulmonary eosinophilia and asthma associated with carbamazepine

I J Lewis, L Rosenbloom
Case Reports

Glandular fever-like syndrome, pulmonary eosinophilia and asthma associated with carbamazepine

I J Lewis et al. Postgrad Med J. 1982 Feb.

Abstract

An 8-year-old boy is described who developed hypersensitivity to carbamazepine manifested by fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and asthma with eosinophilia. The abnormal reaction resolved rapidly following cessation of the drug.

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