Stevens-Johnson syndrome from metronidazole

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 192-193

  Piskin, G ^a   Mekkes, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Drug eruption; Metronidazole; Patch test; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETAMETHASONE; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATCH TEST; PRURITUS; PUSTULOSIS; RASH; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; PATCH TESTS; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 33746917110     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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