Toxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Udawat, H.; Khandelwal, V.; D'Souza, P.; Goyal, R.K.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 49: 918-919
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 11837764 Document Number: 526496
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare but very serious dermatologic disorder and is seen more commonly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. We present a case of TEN in HIV infected person secondary to carbamazepine who responded favourably to corticosteroids.