Research Article
The Epidemiology of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in China
Table 3
Comparison of the common drug causality between northern and southern China.
| | Northern China, n (%) () | Southern China, n (%) () | Total, n (%) () |
| | Antibiotics | 14 (30.4) | 35 (29.2) | 49 (29.5) | | Penicillins | 3 (6.5) | 9 (7.5) | 12 (7.2) | | Cephalosporins | 1 (2.2) | 6 (5.0) | 7 (4.2) | | Quinolones | 2 (4.3) | 4 (3.3) | 6 (3.6) | | Others | 8 (17.4) | 16 (13.3) | 24 (14.5) | | Anticonvulsants | 13 (28.3) | 27 (22.5) | 40 (24.1) | | Carbamazepine | 9 (19.6) | 20 (16.7) | 29 (17.5) | | Lamotrigine | 2 (4.3) | 5 (4.2) | 7 (4.2) | | Others | 2 (4.3) | 2 (1.7) | 4 (2.4) | | Nondrug | 1 (2.2) | 18 (15.0) | 19 (11.4) | | Allopurinol | 2 (4.3) | 14 (11.7) | 16 (9.6) | | Multiple drugs | 6 (13.0) | 4 (3.3) | 10 (6.0) | | Herbal medication | 2 (4.3) | 7 (5.8) | 9 (5.4) | | NSAIDs | 4 (8.7) | 4 (3.3) | 8 (4.8) | | Others | 4 (8.7) | 11 (9.2) | 15 (9.0) |
|
|
NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
|
