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Fixed‐drug eruption presenting as an acute paronychia
Author(s) -
BARAN R.,
PERRIN C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1991.tb14802.x
Subject(s) - paronychia , drug eruption , medicine , drug , dermatology , biopsy , pathology , pharmacology
Summary A case of fixed‐drug eruption due to cefalexine presented with acute paronychia. Twenty days after a further challenge with a single dose of the drug, a biopsy of the affected skin showed intense expression for ICAM‐1.