Toxic epidermal necrosis associated with phenobarbitone: a case report and brief review of the literatures

Abstract Background Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)/Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) is the spectrum of severe, acute, mucocutaneous, T-cell mediated delayed type IV hypersensitivity reaction and universally related to different drugs. Phenobarbitone is known to cause hypersensitivity reactions with...

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Main Authors: Biniyam A. Ayele, Kemal Ali, Eliyas Mulatu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13223-021-00589-4