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MEDISAN
versión On-line ISSN 1029-3019
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HERNANDEZ DINZA, Pablo Antonio; GONZALEZ RIVERO, Maritza y IRAGORRI DORADO, Cesar Antonio. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermic necrolysis in an infant girl. MEDISAN [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.6, pp. 446-450. ISSN 1029-3019.
The case report of a 6 months infant girl from Palma Soriano municipality, in Santiago de Cuba who had a history of good health is described. She was assisted by her family doctor due to lesions in the skin. In this occasion she was diagnosed impetigo contagiosa, reason why she was treated with azitromicin; at the seventh day she had fever (40 °C) and new lesions in the face, trunk, as well as in the lower and upper members, with blisters and scabs, so that she was admitted in the Pediatric Hospital of her municipality, with the diagnosis of hand-mouth-foot syndrome. She was indicated symptomatic treatment and 24 hours later her general state began to decline, inflammation of the oral, conjuntival, vulvar and anal mucous, besides erithematous and humid areas that extended for almost the whole body surface. Nikolski sign was positive and it was corroborated that the patient presented the Stevens Johnson syndrome and epidermic toxic necrolysis, but she had a favorable clinical course
Palabras clave : infant; Stevens Johnson syndrome; toxic epidermic necrolysis; dermatosis.