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Hypersensitivity syndrome associated with sulfasalazine treatment
Edited by Alessandra Russo. Specialist in Medical Toxicology. Messina
Clinical case
A 52-year-old man was hospitalized following the onset of erythema and papules systemically for 10 days and fever for 2 days.
The patient was on sulfasalazine as he was suffering from ulcerative colitis.
After 3 weeks of treatment with sulfasalazine, a rash on the face developed.
Despite the discontinuation of therapy with the drug, the rash did not decrease, but on the contrary spread to the trunk and limbs
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