Drug rash
Background
ABCs of Drug Rashes
- Acute generalized exanthemous pustulosis (AGEP)
- Bullous disease, drug enduced
- Captopril (ACE-inhibitor) induced angioedema
- Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome
- SJS/TEN
Clinical Features
- sudden, usus morbilliform, often starts on face & trunk & spreads
Differential Diagnosis
Other Rash
- Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis
- Allergic reaction
- Aphthous stomatitis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Coxsackie
- Dermatitis herpetiformis
- Exfoliative erythroderma
- Impetigo
- Pellagra
- Pityriasis rosea
- Serum Sickness
- Tinea capitus
- Tinea corporis
- Vitiligo