Severe Infantile Bullous Pemphigoid Treated with Dapsone after Bridging with Systemic Glucocorticoid

We present a case of severe and treatment-refractory bullous pemphigoid in a 3-month-old child. After topical and systemic corticoid treatment proved inefficient, dapsone 0.75 mg/kg was added initially without success. Disease control was reached with dapsone 1.5 mg/kg in addition to both topical an...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Thomsen (Author), Mette Deleuran (Author), Christian Vestergaard (Author), Mette Holm (Author), Rikke Riber-Hansen (Author), Rikke Bech (Author)
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Published: Karger Publishers, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:We present a case of severe and treatment-refractory bullous pemphigoid in a 3-month-old child. After topical and systemic corticoid treatment proved inefficient, dapsone 0.75 mg/kg was added initially without success. Disease control was reached with dapsone 1.5 mg/kg in addition to both topical and systemic glucocorticoid treatment, leaving the child with several side effects of the glucocorticoid treatment.
Item Description:1662-6567
10.1159/000501359