Photo-onycholysis due to sparfloxacin

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-105

  Mahajan, Vikram K ^a   Sharma, Nand Lal ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolone; Photodermatitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FINGER NAIL; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; ONYCHOLYSIS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PHOTOONYCHOLYSIS; PHOTOTOXIC DERMATITIS; PHOTOTOXICITY; RASH; SUNBURN; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 18944398170     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2005.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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