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Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis: A Rare Side Effect Of Clindamycin., Sijan Basnet, Rashmi Dhital, Biswaraj Tharu
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis: A Rare Side Effect Of Clindamycin., Sijan Basnet, Rashmi Dhital, Biswaraj Tharu
Reading Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare adverse effect of clindamycin characterized by widespread papules and pustulosis 1 - 3 weeks of its use. Case description: We present a case of a 71-year-old woman diagnosed with AGEP after clindamycin use for a tooth infection. She had been started on empiric prednisone without benefit. She did not have any systemic involvement and had an unremarkable blood work . Her rash resolved completely in a month.
Nitrofurantoin-Induced Radiation Recall Dermatitis., Ian Garrahy, Daniel Forman
Nitrofurantoin-Induced Radiation Recall Dermatitis., Ian Garrahy, Daniel Forman
Reading Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
Radiation recall dermatitis (RRD) is an inflammatory skin reaction that develops in a previously quiescent radiation field triggered most commonly by chemotherapy, particularly anthracyclines and taxanes. Radiation-recall dermatitis secondary to antibiotic therapy is quite rare. The patient is 61-year-old female with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the left breast treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin, paclitaxel, and anthracycline chemotherapy followed by surgery and subsequent whole breast radiation 6040 cGy. Eight years after completion of her radiation she developed diffuse redness of the left breast after two doses of nitrofurantoin taken for a urinary tract infection. On examination, vital signs were …