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Photo‐onycholysis due to sparfloxacin

Author(s) -

Mahajan Vikram K,

Sharma Nand Lal

Publication year - 2005

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 - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2005.00153.x

Subject(s) - medicine , onycholysis , sparfloxacin , dermatology , ethambutol , nail (fastener) , rash , surgery , tuberculosis , paronychia , antibiotics , ofloxacin , isoniazid , pathology , materials science , microbiology and biotechnology , metallurgy , biology , ciprofloxacin

SUMMARY This paper describes a case of sparfloxacin‐induced photodermatitis associated with photo‐onycholysis in a 36‐year‐old man. He was being treated with sparfloxacin, streptomycin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide for pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed an exaggerated sunburn‐like rash over the face and the dorsa of hands and feet, and painful onycholysis of finger‐ and toe‐nails. Withdrawal of sparfloxacin resulted in resolution of the skin rash and nail tenderness.

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