Severe Obliterative Bronchitis Associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

Mycoplasma pneumonia, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and chronic obliterative bronchitis.

[Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with atypical pneumonia].

Stevens-Johnson syndrome is characterized by generalized exanthema associated with high fever, catarrhal symptoms and mucositis. Various etiologies have been implicated, particularly numerous medications and certain agents of atypical pneumonia. Stevens-Johnson syndrome leads to death in up to 5% of cases. We describe the case of a 30-year-old woman with bilateral atypical pneumonia accompanied...

Stevens-Johnson syndrome associated with abacavir therapy.

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[Bronchiolitis obliterans associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome].

Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a severe disease which is characterized by fever and mucocutaneous lesions. It has also been described as a small airway compromise in the form of bronchiolitis obliterans. We report a 22-year-old male patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome due to antibiotic and antiepileptic drug treatment for brain abscess. After the improvement of mucocutaneous lesions, he went to ...

Management of severe Stevens–Johnson syndrome

Background Severe exfoliative diseases of the skin (Erythema multiforme, Stevens–Johnson syndrome SJS, toxic epidermal necrolysis -TEN) are a result of an immunological reaction to foreign antigens, most frequently caused by drug consumption. It is characterized by extensive damage to the skin and mucous membranes due to detachment at the dermoepidermal junction, very similar to post-combustion...