Skin rashes can have many different causes, one of which is medications. The symptoms of drug-induced skin reactions can range from a mild itchy rash to more serious reactions, such as widespread ...

Gonçalo and colleagues [16] patch-tested 66 patients (aged 12 to 83 years) with a history of a maculopapular rash to antibiotics (58%), antiepileptics (25%), allopurinol (11%), or other drugs (6%).

A bactericidal antibiotic, such as penicillin, kills the bacteria. These drugs usually interfere with either the formation of the bacterial cell wall or its cell contents. A bacteriostatic stops ...

When that happens, your infection will be said to be antibiotic resistant, and your physician will have to prescribe a different drug to combat it. MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact ...

In trying to produce a purer form of penicillin, drug companies had inadvertently made a product with high K content. (Commercial penicillin is a mixture of two to four types.) Great Unknowns.

51 years), most of whom had high drug imputability; 9 patients reacted to pristinamycin on patch testing, and 3 (60%) of the 5 patients with a history of a maculopapular rash reacted. None of the ...