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Fixed Drug Eruption Due to Doxycycline and Metronidazole

Cutis. 2002 March;69(3):207-208
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Walfish AE
Sapadin AN
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Fixed drug eruption (FDE) can be caused by an assortment of drugs. Although cross-sensitivity to 2 chemically related drugs has been frequently described, FDE to 2 unrelated agents rarely has been reported. To our knowledge, we report the first such case due to doxycycline and metronidazole.
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