Case of drug-induced bullous pemphigoid by levofloxacin

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1086-1087

  Ma, Hui Jun ^a   Hu, Rong ^a   Jia, Chi Yu ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Song, Lian Jin ^a  

^a 309TH HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; BLISTER; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; REMISSION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS;

EID: 84870242818     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2012.01636.x     Document Type: Letter

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