Extensive fixed drug eruption to nimesulide with cross-sensitivity to sulfonamides in a child

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-554

  Sarkar, Rashmi ^a,b   Kaur, Charandeep ^a   Kanwar, Amrinder J ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NIMESULIDE; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARM; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; PURPURA; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; TRUNK;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0036860851     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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