Generalized eruptive pustular drug rash due to cephalexin.
A 38-year-old woman developed a generalized pustular eruption 18 h after taking an oral cephalosporin (cephalexin). After having excluded other possible pustular dermatoses, we concluded that our patient's eruption was drug-induced.
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Clinique de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse.
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D000328:Adult; D002506:Cephalexin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004890:Erythema / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
D002506:Cephalexin