Wissler's Syndrome

A rheumatic syndrome of possibly allergic origin, usually affecting children and adolescents, and characterized by high fever, exanthema, arthralgia, leukocytosis, and increased sedimentation rate.

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Hypersensitivity (Allergy)
2.	Sepsis (Septicemia)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Wissler's Syndrome:

1.	Tetracycline (Achromycin)FDA LinkGeneric 01/01/1970 - "[Hypersensitivity to tetracycline as a cause of Wissler-Fanconi-syndrome]." 01/01/1970 - "[Hypersensitivity against tetracycline as caused for Wissler-Fanconi syndrome]."
2.	6-Mercaptopurine (Mercaptopurine)FDA LinkGeneric 02/01/1969 - "[Treatment of subsepsis allergica with prednisone and 6-mercaptopurine]."
3.	Tuberculin (PPD)IBA 01/01/1955 - "[Successful desensitization of subsepsis allergica tuberculosa with intravenous injections of tuberculin]."
4.	Growth Hormone (Somatotropin)IBA 01/01/1967 - "[Is inhibition of somatotropin secretion or formation of antibody against growth hormone the cause of growth retardation in Wissler's syndrome?]."
5.	Prostaglandins A (PGA)IBA 09/01/1990 - "All included the criteria of Wissler-Fanconi syndrome became clear which has not yet been reported in association with PGA. "
6.	Prednisone (Sone)FDA LinkGeneric 02/01/1969 - "[Treatment of subsepsis allergica with prednisone and 6-mercaptopurine]."
7.	Phenylbutazone (Butazolidin)FDA Link 06/16/1958 - "[Selective bone marrow damage caused by butazolidin and pyramidon in a child with subsepsis allergica]."
8.	Dust (House Dust)FDA Link 02/17/1961 - "[Hypersensitivity to foodstuffs, house dust and pollen as a cause of the Wissler-Fanconi syndrome (sepsis allergenica)]."
9.	Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH)FDA Link 01/01/1953 - "[A case of subsepsis allergic (Wissler-Fanconi syndrome) treated by ACTH]."
10.	cold agglutininsIBA 04/01/1956 - "[Cold agglutinins in the so-called subsepsis hyperergica (Wissler)]."

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Intravenous Injections 01/01/1955 - "[Successful desensitization of subsepsis allergica tuberculosa with intravenous injections of tuberculin]."
2.	Hysterectomy 08/01/1990 - "[The Wissler-Fanconi syndrome after hysterectomy]."