Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis with Multiple Organ Failure

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis with severe organ dysfunction.

care unit for a generalized exanthem with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. His medical history included a possible disseminated infection of herpes zoster 15 years before the current admission. He had no history of psoriasis, cutaneous drug reaction, immune suppression or heart disease. Before the current incident, he had not been using any prescribed or over-the-counter medications. Se...

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 with mephenesin balm.

Mephenesin is an aromatic glycerol ether which decreases polysynaptic transmission in the spinal cord and brain stem. It is used as a skeletal muscle relaxant in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease or acute muscle strain [1,2]. Mephenesin is associated to methyl nicotinate in the Décontractyl Balm. The methyl nicotinate has a rubifacient effect. Usually, the Décontractyl Ba...

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with paracetamol.

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