Clinical resemblance of widespread bullous fixed drug eruption to Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis: Report of two cases

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 572-576

  Lin, Tzu Kai ^a   Hsu, Mark Ming Long ^a   Lee, Julia Yu Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Eruption; Ketoprofen; Naproxen; Stevens Johnson syndrome; Toxic epidermal necrolysis; Widespread bullous fixed drug

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DICLOFENAC; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUFENAMIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; SALICYLATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL; SKIN BIOPSY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, VESICULOBULLOUS; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 0036702750     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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