Terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea-like eruption

Terbinafine is an allylamine antifungal agent which is widely used for the treatment of fungal infections. Cutaneous side effects have been reported in 2% of the patients on terbinafine therapy with many morphological patterns. We report a case of terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea, a very rare si...

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Autores principales: George, Anisha, Bhatia, Anuradha, Kanish, Bimal, Williams, Abhilasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26729964
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.169574
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Bhatia, Anuradha
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description Terbinafine is an allylamine antifungal agent which is widely used for the treatment of fungal infections. Cutaneous side effects have been reported in 2% of the patients on terbinafine therapy with many morphological patterns. We report a case of terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea, a very rare side effect of terbinafine. This report emphasizes the importance of counseling the patient to report immediately in the event of a cutaneous eruption.
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spelling pubmed-46890262016-01-04 Terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea-like eruption George, Anisha Bhatia, Anuradha Kanish, Bimal Williams, Abhilasha Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Terbinafine is an allylamine antifungal agent which is widely used for the treatment of fungal infections. Cutaneous side effects have been reported in 2% of the patients on terbinafine therapy with many morphological patterns. We report a case of terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea, a very rare side effect of terbinafine. This report emphasizes the importance of counseling the patient to report immediately in the event of a cutaneous eruption. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4689026/ /pubmed/26729964 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.169574 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Terbinafine induced pityriasis rosea-like eruption
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26729964
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.169574
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