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Ethambutol-Induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
P. Samuel Pegram, Jr, MD;
John D. Mountz, MD, PhD;
Paul R. O'Bar, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1981;141(12):1677-1678.
Abstract
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a severe cutaneous reaction that most commonly is related to drug exposure and that clinically can be confused with other bullous dermatoses, particularly staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) and erythema multiforme major (the Stevens-Johnson syndrome). We report the first case, to our knowledge, of TEN associated with ethambutol hydrochloride administration. Toxic epidermal necrolysis can be partially differentiated from other bullous dermatoses by history and clinical presentation. Microbiological results (eg, the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in SSSS) and immunological studies (eg, the demonstration of immune complexes in the Stevens-Johnson syndrome) may aid in differentiation, but ultimately the diagnosis depends on histopathological examination of involved skin.
(Arch Intern Med 1981;141:1677-1678)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (Drs Pegram and Mountz) and the Nalle Clinic, Charlotte, NC (Dr O'Bar).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 12, 1981.
Reprint requests to Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 300 S Hawthorne Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 (Dr Pegram).
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