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Drug-Induced Bullous Disease
Aka: Drug-Induced Bullous Disease
- See Also
- Bullous Disease
- Life-Threatening Drug-Induced Rashes
- Adverse Drug Reaction
- Hypersensitivity Reaction
- Anaphylaxis
- Penicillin Allergy
- Gell and Coombs Classification
- Fixed Drug Eruption
- Signs
- Variable, insidious onset from time of offending medication exposure
- Variable distribution (may occur anywhere)
- Bullae of variable consistency (tense or flaccid) and size (large or small)
- Erosions (unroofed bullae)
- Causes
- ACE Inhibitors
- Beta-lactam antibiotics (Penicillins, Cephalosporins, carbapenems)
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Furosemide (Lasix)
- Vancomycin
- Differential Diagnosis
- See Bullous Disease
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Pemphigus
- Management
- Eliminate offending agent
- Consider Corticosteroids
- References
- Jhun and DeClerck in Herbert (2015) EM:Rap 15(2): 9-11