Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi (Sep 2021)

Concurrent Management of a Patient with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Coronavirus Disease-19: A Case Presentation

  • Banu Çevik,
  • Macit Ordu,
  • Elif Bombacı,
  • Sezer Yakupoğlu,
  • Kemal Tolga Saraçoğlu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4274/tybd.galenos.2021.43153
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 141 – 143

Abstract

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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a serious cutaneous adverse reaction with high mortality rate. The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 virus disease represented a global pandemic known as coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), without exact cure up to date. The usage of immunosuppressive drugs during COVID-19 infection is a major clinical challenge; however, it seems inevitable in rare cases. Here we aimed to report a patient, who was treated concomitantly for TEN and COVID-19 with a good clinical outcome by reviewing the existing literature.

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