title: Toxic epidermal necrolysis. Five case reports of unusual presentation in Zambians.
abstract: A new clinical presentation of epidermal necrolytic reaction affectting a limited area is reported in 5 Zambian patients. No definite causative factor could be identified in any of these cases. A staphylococcal aetiology is suspected because of the compatible histological features. However, none of the patients had pyogenic skin lesions and staphylococcus was not isolated from the skin lesion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001768:Blister / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015024:Zambia