Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with intrahepatic cholestasis and respiratory disease: a case report
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- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Vol. 61 (2) , 171-173
- https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555561171173
Abstract
In an 8-year-old boy, the Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) was associated with protracted intrahepatic cholestasis and ultimately fatal respiratory disease. No precipitating factors of SJS were identified, but a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was suspected. The appearance of jaundice on the seventh day of illness was preceded by the prescription of erythromycin ethyl succinate, but intrahepatic cholestasis has never before been associated with this derivative of erythromycin. It is suggested that there may exist a subtype of SIS with severe hepato-pulmonary pathology.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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