title: Blistering rash in an older man.
abstract: The patient kept hoping that the rash would go away on its own, but as time went by the rash spread and the pain became intolerable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, USA.
authors.forename: Nathaniel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Casey Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: MacVane
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015551:Autoimmunity; D001706:Biopsy; D001768:Blister / Q000209:etiology; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012074:Remission Induction / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D004318:Doxycycline