Fixed Drug Eruption of the Penis Secondary to Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Zendy

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Fixed Drug Eruption of the Penis Secondary to Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim

Author(s) -

Nathan Lawrentschuk,

David HungChi Pan,

Andrew Troy

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2006.361

Subject(s) - penis , drug eruption , medicine , drug , trimethoprim , sulfamethoxazole , dermatology , intensive care medicine , surgery , psychiatry , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Penile lesions are encountered in a variety of fields from family medicine practice through urology, to sexual health specialists. It is important that practitioners consider and recognize fixed drug eruptions of the penis while being able to initiate appropriate treatment in order to avoid misdiagnosis and avoidable stress. In summary, withdrawal of the offending medication and initiation of corticosteroid therapy remain the cornerstones of treatment of fixed drug eruptions of the penis.

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