TB Research

Stevens - Johnson syndrome After Anti-Tubercular Therapy in a Patient with Tuberculosis of the Spine

Siddharth Shah

Journal of Critical Care & Emergency Medicine · 2023-03

Abstract

This case is of a 54-year-old female showing a rare and life-threatening steven johnson syndrome (Toxic epidermal necrolysis) as an adverse reaction after starting with Anti-tubercular therapy for tuberculosis of the spine (D8-D9). The patient developed a cutaneous reaction 10 days after starting treatment for Tuberculosis. The documentation of Steven Johnson syndrome after starting anti-tubercular drugs is sparse and Tuberculosis is a high-incidence and prevalence disease, the drugs used to treat the same are widely used.

MeSH terms

  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis
  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Dermatology
  • Incidence (geometry)
  • Miliary tuberculosis
  • Disease
  • Surgery
  • Pediatrics