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Pustular psoriasis and drug-induced pustulosis.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2011 Apr; 146(2):155-8.GI

Abstract

We report the case of a 65-year-old female patient that has suffered several flares of exanthematous pustulosis, some of them attributable to pustular psoriasis and others that were drug-induced, resembling acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis. In particular, we describe two severe flares that were induced by ciprofloxacin. Patch tests yielded positive results to ciprofloxacin and to other quinolones and reproduced the original lesional pattern both clinically and histologically. We discuss the diagnostic challenge that exanthematous pustulosis represents and the value of patch testing in this setting, as a helpful tool to assess drug participation in these eruptions.

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Serra D
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. david.serra.fernandes@gmail.com
Gonçalo M
No affiliation info available
Mariano A
No affiliation info available
Figueiredo A
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MeSH

AgedAnti-Infective AgentsCiprofloxacinDiagnosis, DifferentialExanthemaFemaleHumansPatch TestsPsoriasisSkin Diseases, Vesiculobullous

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21505400

Citation

Serra, D, et al. "Pustular Psoriasis and Drug-induced Pustulosis." Giornale Italiano Di Dermatologia E Venereologia : Organo Ufficiale, Societa Italiana Di Dermatologia E Sifilografia, vol. 146, no. 2, 2011, pp. 155-8.
Serra D, Gonçalo M, Mariano A, et al. Pustular psoriasis and drug-induced pustulosis. G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2011;146(2):155-8.
Serra, D., Gonçalo, M., Mariano, A., & Figueiredo, A. (2011). Pustular psoriasis and drug-induced pustulosis. Giornale Italiano Di Dermatologia E Venereologia : Organo Ufficiale, Societa Italiana Di Dermatologia E Sifilografia, 146(2), 155-8.
Serra D, et al. Pustular Psoriasis and Drug-induced Pustulosis. G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2011;146(2):155-8. PubMed PMID: 21505400.
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