Neutrophilic dermatosis caused by azathioprine hypersensitivity

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1522-1525

  Hurtado Garcia, Robert ^a,b   Escribano Stablé, Jose Carlos ^a   Pascual, Josécarlos ^a   Devesa, Pedro ^a   Matarredona, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PAPULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; SWEET SYNDROME;

EID: 84869869274     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04827.x     Document Type: Letter

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