Open AccessRetrospective analysis of Steven Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis over a period of 5 years from northern Karnataka, India
Author(s) -
K Naveen,
Varadraj V Pai,
Vijetha Rai,
Sharatchandra B Athanikar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.106441
Subject(s) - toxic epidermal necrolysis , medicine , retrospective cohort study , drug , adverse drug reaction , drug reaction , dermatology , ofloxacin , adverse effect , pediatrics , pharmacology , antibiotics , biology , ciprofloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology
Cutaneous drug reactions are the most common type of adverse drug reactions. Adverse cutaneous drug reactions form 2-3% of the hospitalized patients. 2% of these are potentially serious. This study aims to detect the drugs commonly implicated in Steven Johnson Syndrome-Toxic Epidermal Necrosis (SJS-TEN).