Authors: TI Kaya¹; U Tursen¹; K Baz¹; G Ikizoglu¹; D Dusmez²

Source: Journal of Dermatological Treatment, Volume 14, Number 2, 2000 2003 , pp. 124-127(4)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

A patient with severe erythema nodosum due to Behçet's disease is reported on here. Erythema nodosum lesions did not respond to classical treatments; however, they cleared after erythromycin treatment, which was prescribed for the treatment of coincidental erythrasma. Erythromycin treatment appears to be an effective treatment option in erythema nodosum. The hypothetical anti-inflammatory effects of erythromycin, besides its antibiotic properties, are reviewed and discussed to explain such a clinical improvement.

Keywords: Behçet's disease; Erythema nodosum; Erythromycin; Macrolide; Treatment

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095466303765530783

Affiliations: 1: Dermatology 2: Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Mersin University Mersin Turkey

Publication date: 2000-01-01

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