The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Sep 2001
Case ReportsToxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare but very serious dermatologic disorder and is seen more commonly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. We present a case of TEN in HIV infected person secondary to carbamazepine who responded favourably to corticosteroids.