Association of HLA-C*01:02 with methazolamide-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis

Gu Qiumei1, Chen Zhengju1, He Xuefei1

  • 1The Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

BMJ Case Reports
|December 26, 2022
PubMed

We identified a Yi Chinese female patient from an ethnic minority group with methazolamide-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. Genotyping revealed that she and her immediate family members carried the HLA-C*01:02 haplotypes, known to be associated with methazolamide-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis.