Fatal pristinamycin-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (Lyell's syndrome): difficulties in attributing causal association in the polymedicated intensive care unit patient

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005 May;49(5):721-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00685.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
  • Critical Care
  • Drug Therapy, Combination*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Multiple Organ Failure
  • Pristinamycin / adverse effects*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / complications
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
  • Skin / pathology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / complications
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / etiology*
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / pathology
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Pristinamycin