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Drug‐induced linear IgA bullous disease following antibiotics
Author(s) -
Wiadrowski Todd P,
Reid Catherine M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00515.x
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , vancomycin , mucocutaneous zone , histopathology , drug , dermatology , pneumonia , endocarditis , ciprofloxacin , disease , pathology , surgery , staphylococcus aureus , pharmacology , genetics , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
SUMMARY A 69‐year‐old woman presented with pneumonia and subacute bacterial endocarditis. Nine days after intravenous vancomycin and ciprofloxacin were commenced, the patient developed a bullous mucocutaneous eruption. Clinical presentation and histopathology were consistent with drug‐induced linear IgA bullous disease (LABD). The patient’s lesions resolved with cessation of antibiotics. A review of the features of drug‐induced LABD and the drugs that have been implicated are presented.