title: [Febrile toxiderma in children].
abstract: Febrile cutaneous drug reactions in the child represent 6% of paediatric hospitalizations for dermatologic reasons. Diagnosis is difficult, for both infectious diseases and drug allergy can induce the same skin reaction. The same eruption can correspond to several drug-induced reactions. In a single child, there may be several causes of skin eruption and several drugs inducing similar cutaneous reactions. Clinical diagnosis and the method of clinical imputability lead to diagnosis. Paraclinical methods are of limited interest. Symptomatic treatment is begun on emergency admission. Upon identification, the responsible drug can be withheld and the authorities responsible for post-marketing surveillance can be notified.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie Centre hospitalier universitaire, Poitiers.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larrègue
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vabres
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Auriol
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004890:Erythema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D012713:Serum Sickness / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis