scholarly journals Sweet syndrome-like cutaneous drug reaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (6) ◽  
pp. 858-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lissandra Melati da Silva ◽  
Raquel de Almeida Boechat ◽  
Iale Oliveira da Hora ◽  
José Roberto Pereira Pegas
Keyword(s):  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Sweet Syndrome ◽  
Cutaneous Drug Reaction

scholarly journals Eczema herpeticum: A clinical diagnosis not to be missed

2020 ◽  
pp. 201010582097867
Author(s):  
Gabriel Hong Zhe Wong ◽  
Derrick Chen Wee Aw
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
Skin Infection ◽  
Eczema Herpeticum ◽  
Cutaneous Drug Reaction ◽  
Uncommon Complication

Eczema herpeticum is an uncommon complication of atopic dermatitis, but often has a typical recognisable appearance. This report serves to highlight this feature in a patient who was misdiagnosed initially with a bacterial skin infection and then with a severe cutaneous drug reaction.

Fatal toxic epidermal necrolysis in a patient on teriflunomide treatment for relapsing multiple sclerosis

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 1476-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaspard Gerschenfeld ◽  
Amandine Servy ◽  
Laurence Valeyrie-Allanore ◽  
Nicolas de Prost ◽  
Jérôme Cecchini
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis ◽  
New Therapy ◽  
Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Cutaneous Drug Reaction

We report a case of toxic epidermal necrolysis in a 46-year-old woman on teriflunomide treatment. Such a severe adverse cutaneous drug reaction with this new therapy for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis should be early recognized in order to ensure the rapid withdrawal of the drug.

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