Combination of Infliximab and High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Successful Treatment of an Elderly Patient

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare, severe cutaneous adverse drug reaction with average mortality 25–35%, especially among elderly multimorbid patients. Established therapeutic guidelines do not exist and controversies underlie many of the presently suggested treatment regimens. Herein we pr...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Patmanidis, Anastasios Sidiras, Konstantinos Dolianitis, Dimitrios Simelidis, Christos Solomonidis, Georgios Gaitanis, Ioannis D. Bassukas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/915314