Clinical Study of Hospitalized Patients with Drug Eruption During a 10-Year Period (1976~1985).
- Author:
Ki Shik SHIN
;
Kwang Hyun CHO
;
Yoo Shin LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Drug eruption;
Inpatient
- MeSH:
Ampicillin;
Analgesics;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Antipyretics;
Dermatitis, Exfoliative;
Dermatology;
Drug Eruptions*;
Erythema Multiforme;
Humans;
Inpatients;
Phenacetin;
Phenytoin;
Purpura;
Salicylic Acid;
Seoul;
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome;
Urticaria
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1987;25(2):176-182
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The study comprises 127 inpatients with drug eruption, treated at the Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Hospital, during a 10-year period. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Out of 1,434 dermatologic inpatients, 127(8. 9%) patients were diagnosed as drug eruption. 2. The cutaneous manifestations of drug eruptions in the order of frequency were as follows: exanthematous eruption, urticaria, erythema multiforme, Stevens Johnson syndrome, TEN, exfoliative dermatitis, fixed drug eruption and purpura. 3. Antibiotics and antimicrobials were the most common causative agents followed by antipyretics and analgesics, CNS depressant drugs and herb drugs. 4. The 5 most common drugs causing drug eruptions were ampicillin, acetyl salicylic acid, diphenylhydantoin, sulfonamide and phenacetin.
