Telithromycin-induced TEN: Report of a case [4]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-428

  Bédard, Marie Sophie ^a   Gilbert, Martin ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; EOSIN; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARAFFIN; PENICILLIN G; PETROLATUM; TELITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; BLISTER; BODY REGIONS; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; EROSION; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SCAR; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOLIDES;

EID: 33947494197     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.3.427     Document Type: Letter

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