Balanitis as a fixed drug eruption to tetracycline.
Fixed drug eruptions are a rarely reported complication of tetracycline therapy. For poorly understood reasons, the epithelium of the glans penis seems unusually susceptible to this type of reaction. We report 3 additional cases of balanitis secondary to orally administered tetracycline and suggest that there may not be cross sensitivity to doxycycline.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001446:Balanitis / Q000209:etiology*; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013752:Tetracycline