A case of colistin-induced fixed drug eruption

Abstract

Several medicines, especially antimicrobials, play a role in the etiology of fixed drug eruption (FDE). The clinical manifestation is quite typical for a drug-induced reaction. FDE which developed in an 83-year-old male patient who has been administered colistin due to Acinetobacter pneumonia is presented here since it is very rarely seen. Therefore colistin should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of FDE. J Clin Exp Invest 2013; 4 (3): 374-376

Keywords

• Fixed drug eruption, etiology, colistin

Kolistine bağlı fiks ilaç erüpsiyonu olgusu

Öz

Fiks ilaç erüpsiyonu (FİE) etyolojisinde başta antimikrobiyaller olmak üzere çeşitli ilaçlar rol almaktadır. Klinik görünümü, ilaca bağlı gelişen bir reaksiyon için oldukça tipiktir. Literatürde, kolistine bağlı gelişen fiks ilaç erüpsiyonu olgusu bildirilmemiştir. Acinetobacter pnömonisi nedeniyle kolistin kullanılan 83 yaşındaki bir erkek hastada ortaya çıkan fiks ilaç erüpsiyonu, çok nadir görülmesi açısından sunulmuştur. FİE ayırıcı tanısında kolistinin yer alabileceği akılda tutulmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Fiks ilaç erüpsiyonu, etyoloji, kolistin

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