Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to nimorazole

ABSTRACT

Toxic epidermal necrolysis [TEN] first described by Lyell is usually caused by drugs. There are, however, other causes of TEN which have been enumerated. A patient is being reported for the first time in whom nimorazole was the offending drug for TEN. The drugs reported to have caused TEN have been enumerated. The subject is being reviewed briefly