Severe Drug Hypersensitivity Reaction in a Young Woman Treated with Doxycycline

David T. Robles,Jennifer L. Leonard,Nicholas L. Compton,Alpana Waghmare,Karen McDonough,Evan George,Greg Wolgamot,Philip Fleckman

Severe Drug Hypersensitivity Reaction in a Young Woman Treated with Doxycycline

2008

David T. Robles
Jennifer L. Leonard
Nicholas L. Compton
Alpana Waghmare
Karen McDonough
Evan George
Greg Wolgamot
Philip Fleckman

Doxycycline is a commonly prescribed medication for the management of acne vulgaris. Severe adverse reactions to this medication are uncommon. We describe an unusual case of a 20-year-old female who e

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Dermatology
Doxycycline
Respiratory failure
Acne
Oral administration
Allergy
Pathology
Antibiotics
Medicine
Immunopathology
Adverse effect
antibacterial agent
Protein synthesis inhibitor
hypersensitivity reaction

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