Cetirizine-induced fixed drug eruption

• Main Authors: Srija Gopal (Author), Selvalaxmi Gnanasegaran (Author), Gerard Marshall Raj (Author), Sakthibalan Murugesan (Author), Mangaiarkkarasi Adhimoolam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cetirizine, a piperazine-derivative second-generation antihistaminic, is used for a wide variety of disorders such as urticaria, eczema, and allergies. Adverse reactions due to this drug are usually rare, especially fixed drug eruption (FDE), a delayed cell-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, is sca...