Syndrome of Stevens-Johnson and use of corticosteroids

Abstract

Stevens-Johnson's Syndrome is a severe mucous-cutaneous disease caused by the ingestion of medications. The case of a patient with personals pathological antecedents of HIV is presented referring fever of 38-39 °C accompanied by chills, general uneasiness, discomfort at swallowing, ocular redding and skin lesions. The diagnosis was Syndrome of Stevens-Johnson due to the clinical manifestations and the antecedent of being prescribed with Nevirapina five weeks earlier. The treatment included the suppression of the retroviral and corticosteroids use. A favorable clinical evolution was achieved with improvement in the skin and mucous' lesions.