Research Article

Clinical Features and Drug Characteristics of Patients with Generalized Fixed Drug Eruption in the West of Iran (2005–2014)

Table 2

Drug behavior and offending drugs.

Behavior of drug intake
 Monodrug intake (%) 5 (16.7%)
 Multiple drug intake (%)25 (83.3%)
Recognized caustic drug (%)23 (73.3%)
 Antibiotic (%) 14 (60. 9%)
  Cotrimoxazole (%)6 (26.1%)
  Metronidazole (%)4 (17.4%)
  Doxicyclin (%)2 (8.7%)
  Azithromycin (%)1 (4.3%)
  Nitrofurantoin (%) 1 (4.3%)
 Analgesic (%) 7 (30.4%)
  Ibuprofen (%)3 (13.0%)
  Mefenamic acid (%)1 (3.4%)
  Meloxicam (%)1 (3.4%)
  Novafen (%)1 (3.4%)
 Miscellaneous (%) 2 (8.7%)
Unrecognized caustic drug (%)7 (26.7%)