Toxic epidermal necrolysis. A review of 75 cases in children.
From 1965 to 1973, 75 patients were admitted to the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). A review of their records show an equal ratio of males to females, with 73 whites and only 2 blacks. No patient was septic with staphylococci, and there was only one death. A comparison of treatments indicates that the disease is probably self-limited and not influenced by antibiotics or corticosteroids.
D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004009:Dicloxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044469:Racial Groups; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*
D010406:Penicillins; D004917:Erythromycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D004009:Dicloxacillin; D011241:Prednisone