Chloroquine-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Two female patients aged 25 and 12 years suffering from malaria presented with picture of Stevens Johnson syndrome. Each of them had received daily doses of chloroquine phosphate by intramuscular injection for 3 days. They progressed to toxic epidermal necrolysis and could not be saved despite best of efforts.
Department of Dermatology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.
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