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Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria.

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Phung, TL; Pipkin, CA; Tahan, SR; Chiu, DS
Published in: J Am Acad Dermatol
August 2004

A case of beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria is presented. A 24-year-old African American woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis developed tense bullae on her forehead and cheeks after exposure to ampicillin-sulbactam and cefepime. Histologically, the lesions were similar to porphyria cutanea tarda, but without the associated porphyrin abnormalities. The lesions resolved spontaneously on cessation of the antibiotics.

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J Am Acad Dermatol

DOI

EISSN

1097-6787

Publication Date

August 2004

Volume

51

Issue

2 Suppl

Start / End Page

S80 / S82

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Sulbactam
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
  • Skin
  • Sickle Cell Trait
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Pruritus
  • Ovarian Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
 

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Phung, T. L., Pipkin, C. A., Tahan, S. R., & Chiu, D. S. (2004). Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria. J Am Acad Dermatol, 51(2 Suppl), S80–S82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.023
Phung, Thuy L., Clare A. Pipkin, Steven R. Tahan, and Diane S. Chiu. “Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria.J Am Acad Dermatol 51, no. 2 Suppl (August 2004): S80–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.023.
Phung TL, Pipkin CA, Tahan SR, Chiu DS. Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Aug;51(2 Suppl):S80–2.
Phung, Thuy L., et al. “Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria.J Am Acad Dermatol, vol. 51, no. 2 Suppl, Aug. 2004, pp. S80–82. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2003.08.023.
Phung TL, Pipkin CA, Tahan SR, Chiu DS. Beta-lactam antibiotic-induced pseudoporphyria. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Aug;51(2 Suppl):S80–S82.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Am Acad Dermatol

DOI

EISSN

1097-6787

Publication Date

August 2004

Volume

51

Issue

2 Suppl

Start / End Page

S80 / S82

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Sulbactam
  • Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous
  • Skin
  • Sickle Cell Trait
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Pruritus
  • Ovarian Diseases
  • Middle Aged
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic