Vol. 8 (03) pp. 728-730 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10685

A CASE REPORT ON AMOXICILLIN INDUCED TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS

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  • Department of General Medicine, Aster CMI Hospital, No. 43/2, New Airport Road, NH 44, Sahakar Nagar, Hebbal, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560092.
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Abstract

Adverse drug reactions are unintended hazardous effects of drug that can occur with any class of medication;however studies have shown a high incidence with antibiotics. Amoxicillin is a broad spectrum beta lactam antibiotic, commonly used in treating infections, is known to cause cutaneous skin eruptions. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare but severe life threatening dermatological reaction most often triggered by medications. Here we describe a case of TEN in a 69 year old male following Amoxicillin therapy presenting with mucocutaneous lesions with super added multidrug resistant bacterial infection requiring 20 days of rigorous hospital care.

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K.V.S. Reddy, S.N. Padmini, Chaithanya D. Shetty, Alan Kuriakose and Jasna V (2020); A CASE REPORT ON AMOXICILLIN INDUCED TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 8 (03), 728-730, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10685

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Dr K V S Reddy
Internal Medicine
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