A breathtaking DRESS due to amoxicillin-clavulanate presenting as polymorphic eruption of the pregnancy

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Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a delayed‐type drug hypersensitivity reaction with potential life‐threatening complications. To our knowledge, DRESS has never been described in pregnancy. Here, we report on a pregnant woman presenting with erythematous plaques on the abdomen, developing cardiac tamponade due to eosinophilic perimyocarditis and an interstitial pneumonitis 5 weeks after exposure to amoxicillin–clavulanate

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