• Department of Dermatology, the People’s Hospital of Deyang, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, P. R. China;
WANG Lu, Email: wanglu19850810@126.com
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Objective  To explore the clinical features and prognosis related factors of severe drug eruption. Methods  The clinical data of 48 patients with drug eruption treated between January 2010 and August 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Results  The major type of drug eruption was Stevens-Johnson syndrome (58.3%), followed by toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) (27.1%) and hypersensitivity syndrome (14.6%). The major allergenic drug which might cuase drug eruption was antimicrobial agent (25.0%), followed by antipyretic analgesic drug (22.9%) and antigout drug (18.8%). Carbamazepine and allopurino were the common drugs caused TEN. Conclusion  It is important to give sufficient corticosteroid earlier combined with intravenous immunoglobulin for reducing mortalities of severe drug eruption.

Citation: WANG Lu, CHEN Huaquan, ZHANG Zheng. A clinical analysis of 48 cases of severe drug eruption. West China Medical Journal, 2017, 32(6): 871-874. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201510122 Copy

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