Rash after treatment with anistreplase.

Rash after treatment with anistreplase.

A palpable purpura developed on the legs and lower abdomen of a woman of 54 five days after she was treated with anistreplase anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC) for an acute myocardial infarction. Histological examination of a skin biopsy specimen taken 6 days after treatment showed leucocytoclastic vasculitis. The rash resolved within two weeks and there were no ot...

Rechallenge with lamotrigine after initial rash

Eight patients rechallenged with lamotrigine after initial exposure which resulted in a skin rash are reported. On reintroduction of the lamotrigine, six of the patients had no recurrence of the rash. Of the other two patients, one had the occurrence of a mild fluctuating and qualitatively different skin rash on rechallenge. The other patient had developed a dose-related rash on initial challen...

Skin rash after triple vaccine.

Skin rash after triple vaccine is rare. We describe a child who developed a generalised asymptomatic rash after the second and third triple vaccine. Little information of the pathogenesis of the rash is available. We argue that the development of a rash is not a contraindication to future immunisation.

Sudden Flagellate Rash after Barbecue.

Incidence of Rash After Amoxicillin Treatment in Children With Infectious Mononucleosis

BACKGROUND: “Ampicillin rash,” a phenomenon unique to patients with Epstein-Barr virus acute infectious mononucleosis (AIM) treated with ampicillin, was first reported in the 1960s. The incidence was estimated as being between 80% and 100%, and the figures have not been reviewed since those first accounts. We sought to establish the current incidence of rash associated with antibiotic treatment...