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Antibacterianos/efeitos adversos , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/análise , Toxidermias/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Biópsia , Dermatite Esfoliativa/induzido quimicamente , Toxidermias/patologia , Selectina E/análise , Exantema/induzido quimicamente , Feminino , Técnica Indireta de Fluorescência para Anticorpo , Humanos , Molécula 1 de Adesão Intercelular/análise , Selectina L/análise , Células de Langerhans/patologia , Antígeno-1 Associado à Função Linfocitária/análise , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Selectina-P/análise , Molécula 1 de Adesão de Célula Vascular/análiseRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Morbilliform rashes induced by amoxicillin are though to be caused by a delayed cell-mediated immune reaction. The importance of amoxicillin skin tests is not well defined. A better understanding of the mechanisms of amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes can be obtained by performing cutaneous immunohistological studies on specimens from amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes and positive amoxicillin skin test results. OBSERVATIONS: Skin biopsy specimens were obtained from 5 patients who had developed an amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rash. All patients underwent amoxicillin prick, patch, and intradermal tests. Similar immunohistological investigations were performed on amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes and positive skin test biopsy specimens, with a special focus on the expression of adhesion molecules. Three of the 5 patients developed delayed positive results to intradermal and patch tests and 2 patients developed delayed positive results to prick tests. Amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes were well reproduced by skin tests, with similar immunohistological results in amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes and skin test biopsy specimens. Keratinocytes were activated and expressed CD54 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1); perivascular lymphocytes were mostly CD2+, CD3+, and CD4+ and exhibited CD11a through CD18 (leukocyte function-associated antigen 1) and often HLA-DR and/or CD62L (leukocyte endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1); and endothelial cells were activated with a strong expression of CD54 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1), CD62E (endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule 1), and CD31 (platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1) in lesser amounts. CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this clinical and immunohistochemical study support the theory of a T-cell-mediated immune reaction in patients with amoxicillin-induced morbilliform rashes, with a strong involvement of adhesion molecules both on endothelial and infiltrating cells. Our findings emphasize the importance of delayed readings of amoxicillin prick, intradermal, and patch tests.
