Korean J Dermatol.  1993 Oct;31(5):681-690.

Clinical study and skin tests of patients with drug eruptions

• Kim KY
• Kim KJ
• Kang HJ

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Althogh drug euption refers to a common dermatological condition, there are numerous holdbacks on the diagnosis.
OBJECTIVE
This study atternpts to define the clinical features and causavite drug of the patients with drug eruptions, and to evalarate the diagnostic value of various skin tests. METHOD: 130 patients with drug eruptions were reviewed clinically. In 54 patients, intradermal test, patch test, and scratch patch test were performed using suspected drugs. Result : The exanthematous eruption(53.0%), fixed drug eruptior.(29.2%), and urticaria(6.2%) were the common types of the drug eruption. The common causative agenst of drug eruptions were antibiotics/antimicrobials, antipyretics/NSAIDs, and CNS depressants. 28 paitients out of the 54 patients on skin tests with suspected drugs had positive results in at least one slinest.
CONCLUSION
In our study, we were able to obtain somewhat meaningfi 1 results based on data from the combination of various skin tests.

Keyword

Drug Eruption; Suspeched Drug; Skin Test

MeSH Terms

Central Nervous System Depressants
Diagnosis
Drug Eruptions*
Humans
Intradermal Tests
Patch Tests
Skin Tests*
Skin*
Central Nervous System Depressants