Profile and pattern of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in a general hospital in Singapore: Treatment outcomes

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-66

  Tan, Siew Kiang ^a   Tay, Yong Kwang ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Singapore; Stevens Johnson syndrome; Toxic epidermal necrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALFUZOSIN; ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHINESE DRUG; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETORICOXIB; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PREDNISOLONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOPURINOL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, TOXIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855252403     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1169     Document Type: Review

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