Nitrofurantoin-Induced Exfoliative Dermatitis: A Case Report

Exfoliative dermatitis (ED) is a rare and life-threatening dermatological emergency caused by a wide range of cutaneous or systemic conditions, such as inflammatory dermatosis, drug reactions, and malignancies. We report a case of a 77-year-old man who developed ED five days after starting nitrofura...

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Autores principales: Morna, Carolina, Chaves, Jéssica, Barros, Carolina, Freitas, Tiago E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9596152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312624
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29570
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Chaves, Jéssica
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Freitas, Tiago E
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description Exfoliative dermatitis (ED) is a rare and life-threatening dermatological emergency caused by a wide range of cutaneous or systemic conditions, such as inflammatory dermatosis, drug reactions, and malignancies. We report a case of a 77-year-old man who developed ED five days after starting nitrofurantoin. The drug was withdrawn, and the patient was treated with topical corticosteroid and supportive care, after which there was a full recovery within a week. This report describes an uncommon entity with a guarded prognosis that requires proper diagnosis and management.
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spelling pubmed-95961522022-10-28 Nitrofurantoin-Induced Exfoliative Dermatitis: A Case Report Morna, Carolina Chaves, Jéssica Barros, Carolina Freitas, Tiago E Cureus Dermatology Exfoliative dermatitis (ED) is a rare and life-threatening dermatological emergency caused by a wide range of cutaneous or systemic conditions, such as inflammatory dermatosis, drug reactions, and malignancies. We report a case of a 77-year-old man who developed ED five days after starting nitrofurantoin. The drug was withdrawn, and the patient was treated with topical corticosteroid and supportive care, after which there was a full recovery within a week. This report describes an uncommon entity with a guarded prognosis that requires proper diagnosis and management. Cureus 2022-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9596152/ /pubmed/36312624 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29570 Text en Copyright © 2022, Morna et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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