Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with primary Epstein-Barr virus infection

AGEP: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis EBV: Epstein-Barr virus A cute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare severe cutaneous reaction characterized by the acute onset of generalized nonfollicular sterile pustules arising on an edematous erythema. The eruption is usually associated with fever and neutrophilic leukocytosis. Although AGEP is precipitated by drugs in most ...

Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis Associated with Tigecycline

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a severe and rare eruption that develops mostly from factors related to drugs. It is characterized by a fever and a pustular eruption on the erythematous skin with an acute onset and without follicular localization. Etiopathogenesis has not yet been fully explained. Although it is similar to pustular psoriasis, its clinical, historical and hi...

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with paracetamol.

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[Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with diltiazem].

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) usually presents with the acute appearance of oedematous and erythematous lesions, on which multiple sterile pustules appear, associated with fever. Almost 90% of cases are associated with drugs, with antibiotics (penicillins and macrolides) being the most frequent causative agents. We describe a 36-year-old female patient, which started diltiaz...

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis