Toxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

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2001-09-12
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare but very serious dermatologic disorder and is seen more commonly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. We present a case of TEN in HIV infected person secondary to carbamazepine who responded favourably to corticosteroids.
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Udawat H, Khandelwal V, D'Souza P, Goyal RK. Toxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2001 Sep; 49(): 918-9