A robust test to detect the risk of DRESS syndrome under vancomycin.

Vancomycin has been associated with DRESS syndrome (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms), a rare but potentially fatal hypersensitivity syndrome. Methods In this case-control study, 23 patients with DRESS related to vancomycin were matched to 46 patients who tolerated well intravenous vancomycin for greater than 5 weeks. A search for association between DR...