Toxic epidermal necrolysis treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Mukaddes Kalyoncu; Gulseren Cimsit; Murat Cakir; Aysenur Okten

Toxic epidermal necrolysis treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Indian Pediatr. 2004 Apr;41(4):392-5.

Authors

Mukaddes Kalyoncu¹, Gulseren Cimsit, Murat Cakir, Aysenur Okten

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Dermatology, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 15123870

Abstract

We report a case of toxic epidermal necrolysis who was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. He had poor prognostic factors such as extensive epidermal loss, neutropenia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and candida sepsis, but nonetheless made a complete recovery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Filgrastim
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use*
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
Male
Recombinant Proteins
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / diagnosis
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / drug therapy*

Substances

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Recombinant Proteins
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
Filgrastim