Research Article
Clinical Manifestations and Management of Terbinafine-Induced Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis
Table 1
Basic information on 32 patients with terbinafine-induced acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis.
| Parameters | Values |
| Sex | Male | 17 (53.1%) | Female | 15 (46.9%) |
| Age | Years | 55 (6,84) |
| Country | USA | 7 (21.9%) | UK | 5 (15.6%) | Belgium | 3 (9.4%) | France | 3 (9.4%) | Tunisia | 3 (9.4%) | Turkey | 4 (12.5%) | Switzerland | 2 (6.25%) | Japan, India, Italy, Australia, and Portugal | 1 (3.1%) |
| Dosage | 250 mg daily | 16 (50.0%) |
| Onset time | Days | 8 (1, 77)b | ≤7 | 14 (43.8%) | 7–14 | 11 (34.4%) | 21–77 | 7 (21.9%) |
| Indication (31)a | Onychomycosis | 17 (53.1%) | Tinea cruris | 5 (15.6%) | Tinea corporis | 3 (9.4%) | Tinea pedis | 3 (9.4%) | Tinea capitis | 1 (3.1%) | Tinea manum | 1 (3.1%) | Cutaneous candidiasis | 1 (3.1%) |
| Past skin diseases (4)a | Psoriasis | 3 (9.4%) | Bullous pemphigoid | 1 (3.1%) |
| History of disease (5)a | Diabetes | 3 (9.4%) | Hypertension | 2 (6.3%) | Ischaemic heart disease | 1 (3.1%) | Chronic heart failure | 1 (3.1%) | Hypercholesterolemia | 1 (3.1%) | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 1 (3.1%) |
| Concomitant drugs | Ciclopirox, enalapril, simvastatin, warfarin, isosorbide, diltiazem, metoprolol, glyburide, glucophage, prednisolone, hydrochlorothiazide, gemfibrozil, and aspirin | 6 (18.8%) |
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arepresents the number of patients out of 32 on which information regarding this particular parameter was provided. bMedian (minimum-maximum).
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