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Photo-onycholysis due to sparfloxacin
Vikram K Mahajan1, Nand Lal Sharma
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India.
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|April 22, 2005
Abstract:
This paper describes a case of sparfloxacin-induced photodermatitis associated with photo-onycholysis in a 36-year-old man. He was being treated with sparfloxacin, streptomycin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide for pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed an exaggerated sunburn-like rash over the face and the dorsa of hands and feet, and painful onycholysis of finger- and toe-nails. Withdrawal of sparfloxacin resulted in resolution of the skin rash and nail tenderness.