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Stevens-Johnson syndrome in an HIV-infected patient
M Blitz1, E Spivack, S M Kerpel
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07503, USA.
The AIDS Reader
|May 6, 2003
Abstract:
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a severe and sometimes lethal form of erythema multiforme most often associated with a drug hypersensitivity reaction. HIV-infected patients suffer a higher incidence of SJS than the general population. This article details a case of nevirapine-induced SJS in an HIV-seropositive man and reviews the clinical features of erythema multiforme, SJS, and their association with drugs commonly used in the treatment of HIV infection.