Azacitidine-associated Sweet's syndrome

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 869-871

  Trickett, Hannah B ^a   Cumpston, Aaron ^a   Craig, Michael ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Azacitidine; Decitabine; Leukemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Steroids, cortico ; Sweet syndrome; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ALLOPURINOL; AZACITIDINE; BUDESONIDE; CETIRIZINE; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMOTIDINE; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREDNISONE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMATOUS PEMPHIGUS; FACE; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861477155     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp110523     Document Type: Article

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