Recurrent fixed drug eruption due to metronidazole elicited by patch test with tinidazole

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-170

  Prieto, Alicia ^a   De Barrio, M ^a   Infante, S ^a   Torres, A ^a   Rubio, M ^a   Olalde, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Fixed drug eruption; Metronidazole; Nitroimidazole; Positive lesional patch test; Tinidazole

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG ERUPTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PATCH TESTS; RECURRENCE; TINIDAZOLE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 24744431640     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0407a.x     Document Type: Article

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