Case Report

Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins

Volume: 3 Number: 7 July 29, 2019
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Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins

Abstract

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is an uncommon, acute and severe adverse reaction triggered by drugs, infections and malignancies. Drugs are the main cause of the disease. The most common drugs are sulfonamides and penicillins and the most often associated infectious agent is herpes simplex virus. Allopurinol is the first line drug for serum lowering therapy in gout and is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In recent studies, allopurinol was found to be the most commonly associated drug causing life-threatening drug reactions. Here, we aimed to present a rare case of TEN induced by allopurinol, the efficacy/harm of high dose systemic corticosteroids and use of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg) in the treatment of TEN

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Dermatology

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

July 29, 2019

Submission Date

March 14, 2019

Acceptance Date

July 17, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 3 Number: 7

APA
Kaya İslamoğlu, Z. G., & Akyürek, M. (2019). Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 3(7), 530-532. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.540023
AMA
1.Kaya İslamoğlu ZG, Akyürek M. Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. J Surg Med. 2019;3(7):530-532. doi:10.28982/josam.540023
Chicago
Kaya İslamoğlu, Zeynep Gizem, and Mehmet Akyürek. 2019. “Treatment of Allopurinol-Induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis With High Dose Corticosteroids and Intravenous Immunoglobulins”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3 (7): 530-32. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.540023.
EndNote
Kaya İslamoğlu ZG, Akyürek M (July 1, 2019) Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3 7 530–532.
IEEE
[1]Z. G. Kaya İslamoğlu and M. Akyürek, “Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins”, J Surg Med, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 530–532, July 2019, doi: 10.28982/josam.540023.
ISNAD
Kaya İslamoğlu, Zeynep Gizem - Akyürek, Mehmet. “Treatment of Allopurinol-Induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis With High Dose Corticosteroids and Intravenous Immunoglobulins”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 3/7 (July 1, 2019): 530-532. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.540023.
JAMA
1.Kaya İslamoğlu ZG, Akyürek M. Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. J Surg Med. 2019;3:530–532.
MLA
Kaya İslamoğlu, Zeynep Gizem, and Mehmet Akyürek. “Treatment of Allopurinol-Induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis With High Dose Corticosteroids and Intravenous Immunoglobulins”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, vol. 3, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 530-2, doi:10.28982/josam.540023.
Vancouver
1.Zeynep Gizem Kaya İslamoğlu, Mehmet Akyürek. Treatment of allopurinol-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis with high dose corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. J Surg Med. 2019 Jul. 1;3(7):530-2. doi:10.28982/josam.540023