Clinical Pattern and Causative Agents of Adverse Cutaneous Drug Reactions (ACDRS): A 10-year Retrospective Study

Method A retrospective hospital-based study over a period of 10 years was carried out in the Department of Dermatology of Farhat Hached Hospital and Department of Pharmacovigilance to record various cutaneous ADRs of the hospitalized patients. The most common type of ADR was maculopapular rash (30.8...

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Published in:Clinical therapeutics 2017-08, Vol.39 (8), p.e3-e4
Main Authors: Ben salem, C., Slim, R., Fathallah, N., Larif, S., Zayani, H., Ghariani, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Drug therapy
Health risk assessment
Hospitalization
Pharmacovigilance
Side effects
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Summary:Method A retrospective hospital-based study over a period of 10 years was carried out in the Department of Dermatology of Farhat Hached Hospital and Department of Pharmacovigilance to record various cutaneous ADRs of the hospitalized patients. The most common type of ADR was maculopapular rash (30.8%), followed by bullous cutaneous reactions (16.7%), Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (15.4%), and erythroderma (11.5%).
ISSN:0149-2918
1879-114X
DOI:10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.07.025