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Sweet's syndrome associated with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. 1998

P C Matthews, and S M Willatts

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK.

Septic shock is characterised by infection causing a systemic inflammatory response, end-organ failure and acute circulatory collapse. Treatment consists of antimicrobial therapy and the supportive management of multi-organ failure. We report a case of what we believed to be septic shock due to pyelonephritis in a patient whose condition continued to deteriorate despite conventional treatment until the diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome was made. Once she was started on high dose steroids, her condition improved and she made a full recovery. We believe this to be the first case of a severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome associated with Sweet's syndrome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011239	Prednisolone	A glucocorticoid with the general properties of the corticosteroids. It is the drug of choice for all conditions in which routine systemic corticosteroid therapy is indicated, except adrenal deficiency states.	Di-Adreson-F,Predate,Predonine,Di Adreson F,DiAdresonF
D011704	Pyelonephritis	Inflammation of the KIDNEY involving the renal parenchyma (the NEPHRONS); KIDNEY PELVIS; and KIDNEY CALICES. It is characterized by ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; NAUSEA; VOMITING; and occasionally DIARRHEA.	Necrotizing Pyelonephritis,Pyelonephritis, Acute Necrotizing,Pyelonephritides
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000893	Anti-Inflammatory Agents	Substances that reduce or suppress INFLAMMATION.	Anti-Inflammatory Agent,Antiinflammatory Agent,Agents, Anti-Inflammatory,Agents, Antiinflammatory,Anti-Inflammatories,Antiinflammatories,Antiinflammatory Agents,Agent, Anti-Inflammatory,Agent, Antiinflammatory,Agents, Anti Inflammatory,Anti Inflammatories,Anti Inflammatory Agent,Anti Inflammatory Agents
D012772	Shock, Septic	Sepsis associated with HYPOTENSION or hypoperfusion despite adequate fluid resuscitation. Perfusion abnormalities may include but are not limited to LACTIC ACIDOSIS; OLIGURIA; or acute alteration in mental status.	Endotoxin Shock,Septic Shock,Shock, Endotoxic,Shock, Toxic,Toxic Shock,Toxic Shock Syndrome,Endotoxin Shocks,Shock Syndrome, Toxic,Shock, Endotoxin,Shocks, Endotoxin,Toxic Shock Syndromes
D016463	Sweet Syndrome	Condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. It occurs mostly in middle-aged women, is often preceded by an upper respiratory infection, and clinically resembles ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. Sweet syndrome is associated with LEUKEMIA.	Dermatosis, Neutrophilic, Febrile, Acute,Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Acute Febrile,Sweet's Syndrome,Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis,Gomm Button Disease,Gomm-Button Disease,Disease, Gomm Button,Disease, Gomm-Button,Sweets Syndrome,Syndrome, Sweet,Syndrome, Sweet's
D018746	Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome	A systemic inflammatory response to a variety of clinical insults, characterized by two or more of the following conditions: (1) fever >38 degrees C or HYPOTHERMIA <36 degrees C; (2) TACHYCARDIA >90 beat/minute; (3) tachypnea >24 breaths/minute; (4) LEUKOCYTOSIS >12,000 cells/cubic mm or 10% immature forms. While usually related to infection, SIRS can also be associated with noninfectious insults such as TRAUMA; BURNS; or PANCREATITIS. If infection is involved, a patient with SIRS is said to have SEPSIS.	Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Systemic,Sepsis Syndrome,Sepsis Syndromes,Syndrome, Sepsis,Syndromes, Sepsis

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