Desensitization to hydroxychloroquine: 4 cases.

Desensitization to hydroxychloroquine: alternative interpretations.

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Successful desensitization for hydroxychloroquine anaphylaxis.

Doxycycline desensitization in chronic Q fever—A critical tool for the clinician

We present the case of a 45 year old woman with acute Q fever pneumonia who progressed to the chronic phase of the disease despite azithromycin therapy. A trial of doxycycline was halted because of severe allergy and she was put on clarithromycin and later moxifloxacin. Failure of both drugs required desensitization to doxycycline with escalating doses. After two-year treatment with doxycycline...

Kikuchi–Fujimoto disease: a case report of a multi-drug resistant, grueling disease

Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis or Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is characterized by its rare occurrence. Mostly prevalent among Asian women, KFD manifests with lymphadenopathy-affecting mostly cervical and rarely generalized or retroperitoneal regions-in addition to fever. It is a self-limited disease that resolves within 1-4 months, responding remarkably to glucocorticosteroids or hydr...

Hydroxychloroquine is ineffective in treatment of alopecia totalis and extensive alopecia areata: A case series of 8 patients

INTRODUCTION In June 2013, the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published a report concerning successful treatment of 2 cases of alopecia totalis with hydroxychloroquine. This report was encouraging, as treatment of alopecia totalis is challenging and in most cases unsuccessful. The authors explained their results with the wide range of immunomodulatory effects that are attributed...