Author/Authors :
ÖZKAYA, Halit Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , AKCAN, Abdullah Barış Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , AYDEMİR, Gökhan Haydarpaşa Eğitim Hastanesi - Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
A CASE OF CEFTRIAXONE-INDUCED TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS IN GENITAL AREA
Abstract :
We present a 2-year-old Turkısh boy who was treated with ceftriaxone several days for acute tonsillitis, complicated with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) that was initially diagnosed as drug eruption. The advantages of a long half-life, wide spectrum, high tissue penetration rate, and a good safety profile, make ceftriaxone, a thirdgeneration cephalosporin, a frequent choice in the treatment of childhood infections. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of ceftriaxone-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis in genital area in the English literature.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Drug hypersensitivity , adverse drug reaction , toxic epidermal necrolysis , ceftriaxone
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Istanbul Faculty Of Medicine
