Cefixime-associated acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis: Rare cases in India

Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis Associated with Tigecycline

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a severe and rare eruption that develops mostly from factors related to drugs. It is characterized by a fever and a pustular eruption on the erythematous skin with an acute onset and without follicular localization. Etiopathogenesis has not yet been fully explained. Although it is similar to pustular psoriasis, its clinical, historical and hi...

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with paracetamol.

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[Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with diltiazem].

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) usually presents with the acute appearance of oedematous and erythematous lesions, on which multiple sterile pustules appear, associated with fever. Almost 90% of cases are associated with drugs, with antibiotics (penicillins and macrolides) being the most frequent causative agents. We describe a 36-year-old female patient, which started diltiaz...

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) in Singapore

Results There were 20 cases of AGEP that were seen during the study period. Of which there are 8 males (40%) and 12 (females (60%) with a mean age of 60 years (Range : 24-85 years). In addition to extensive pinpoint pustules, other cutaneous features included facial edema, target-like lesions with rim of pustules and edema bulla. Common laboratory derangement included leukocytosis, eosinophilia...