Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with Etanercept in a Pediatric Patient

Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with Etanercept in a Pediatric Patient

Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a rare, life-threatening skin disease with no consensus on adjunctive treatment, particularly in pediatric patients. We present the case of a 13-year-old previously healthy patient with drug-associated toxic epidermal necrolysis who experienced significantly shortened l...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics 2021, Vol.26 (7), p.758-761
Hauptverfasser: Zander, Emily, Hintze, Trager D., Sallee, Brigitte, Allen, Pamela, Miller, Jamie L., Sagdeo, Monica
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a rare, life-threatening skin disease with no consensus on adjunctive treatment, particularly in pediatric patients. We present the case of a 13-year-old previously healthy patient with drug-associated toxic epidermal necrolysis who experienced significantly shortened length of hospital stay and duration of symptoms compared with published literature when treated with 2 doses of etanercept 50 mg during 5 days.
ISSN:1551-6776
2331-348X
DOI:10.5863/1551-6776-26.7.758