Cold medicine-related Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis with severe ocular complications-phenotypes and genetic predispositions.

ABSTRACT: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is an acute inflammatory vesiculobullous reaction of the skin and mucosa, such as the ocular surface, oral cavity, and genitals. In patients with extensive skin detachment and a poor prognosis, the condition is called toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Severe ocular complications (SOCs) appear in some-but not all-SJS/TEN patients who are diagnosed by dermatologists, and cold medicines including multi-ingredient cold medications and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the main causative drugs particularly for SJS/TEN with SOCs and all SJS and TEN. In this review, we focus on the genetic predisposition of cold medicine-related SJS/TEN (CM-SJS/TEN) with SOCs. CM-SJS/TEN with SOCs was strongly associated with HLA-A*02:06 and significantly associated wi

SUBMITTER: Ueta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525617 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature