Glandular fever-like illness associated with sulphasalazine
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Glandular fever-like illness associated with sulphasalazine.
A diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was made in a 30year-old Caucasian male and treatment with sulphasalazine 3 g daily in divided doses was started. He was on no other drug treatment. Three weeks later he developed fever, mouth ulceration and a generalized skin rash. Sulphasalazine was stopped and he was referred to hospital. On admission he appeared ill, had a pyrexia of 40'C, multiple large or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.58.684.665