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Diffuse cutaneous hypersensitivity reaction after dexamethasone/polymyxin B/neomycin combination eyedrops
Annals of Ophthalmology
|March 1, 1986
Abstract:
Localized cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to antibiotic eyedrops are not unusual. To our knowledge, however, a diffuse cutaneous reaction to eyedrops containing dexamethasone/polymyxin B/neomycin has never been reported. We describe the diffuse skin changes noted in a 72-year-old patient five days after starting eyedrop therapy.
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