SWEETS-SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME

Septic shock is characterised by infection causing a systemic inflamma tory response, end-organ failure and acute circulatory collapse. Treat ment consists of antimicrobial therapy and the supportive management o f multi-organ failure. We report a case of what we believed to be sept ic shock due to pyelonephritis in a patient whose condition continued to deteriorate despite conventional treatment until the diagnosis of S weet's syndrome was made. Once she was started on high dose steroids, her condition improved and she made a full recovery, We believe this t o be the first case of a severe systemic inflammatory response syndrom e associated with Sweet's syndrome.