A case of toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by allopurinol with human herpesvirus-6 reactivation

Acta Derm Venereol. 2013 Nov;93(6):731-2. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1610.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Allopurinol / adverse effects*
  • Biopsy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Gout Suppressants / adverse effects*
  • Herpesvirus 6, Human / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Pulse Therapy, Drug
  • Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Roseolovirus Infections / virology*
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / etiology*
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / therapy
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Virus Activation / drug effects*

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Gout Suppressants
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Allopurinol
  • Methylprednisolone