Necrólisis epidérmica tóxica: terapia en UCI con inmunoglobulinas intravenosas en un caso / Toxic epidermal necrolysis: report of 1 case treated with intravenous immunoglobulins
Rev. méd. Chile
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128(12): 1343-8, dic. 2000. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-281993
RESUMO
We report a 27 years old homosexual male with AIDS that was admitted to the ICU dehydrated, with fever and severe malaise. He had irregular bullae, an extensive purpuric exanthema and a zone of epidermic detachment in the right arm. A toxic epidermal necrolysis was diagnosed and therapy with i.v. immunoglobulins was started. After four days of treatment, bullous lesions disappeared and the extension of exanthema decreased. Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a potentially fatal disease and the use of intravenous immunoglobulins for this condition has been reported as successful
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
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Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
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