Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: a rare side effect of clindamycin

Introduction: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare adverse effect of clindamycin characterized by widespread papules and pustulosis 1 – 3 weeks of its use. Case description: We present a case of a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with AGEP after clindamycin use for a tooth infectio...

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Autores principales: Basnet, Sijan, Dhital, Rashmi, Tharu, Biswaraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Clinical Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1601057
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description Introduction: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare adverse effect of clindamycin characterized by widespread papules and pustulosis 1 – 3 weeks of its use. Case description: We present a case of a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with AGEP after clindamycin use for a tooth infection. She had been started on empiric prednisone without benefit. She did not have any systemic involvement and had an unremarkable blood work . Her rash resolved completely in a month.
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spelling pubmed-65861202019-06-28 Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: a rare side effect of clindamycin Basnet, Sijan Dhital, Rashmi Tharu, Biswaraj J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Clinical Imaging Introduction: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare adverse effect of clindamycin characterized by widespread papules and pustulosis 1 – 3 weeks of its use. Case description: We present a case of a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with AGEP after clindamycin use for a tooth infection. She had been started on empiric prednisone without benefit. She did not have any systemic involvement and had an unremarkable blood work . Her rash resolved completely in a month. Taylor & Francis 2019-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6586120/ /pubmed/31258877 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1601057 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: a rare side effect of clindamycin
title_fullStr Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: a rare side effect of clindamycin
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title_short Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: a rare side effect of clindamycin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258877
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