Medical journal of Australia, 2005-01, Vol.182 (2), p.73-75
2005
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- A syndromic rash in patients attending methadone clinics in New South Wales
- Ist Teil von
- Medical journal of Australia, 2005-01, Vol.182 (2), p.73-75
- Ort / Verlag
- Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
- Quelle
- Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We report an outbreak of a "rash" syndrome in patients attending methadone clinics in New South Wales. It presents with a pruritic, exanthematous or purpuric rash involving the trunk, limbs, palms and soles, which develops over a week and proceeds in most patients to desquamation (mainly of palms and soles) persisting for 3-4 weeks. Mucosae are not involved, and patients are generally systemically well. To date, the rash has affected 22% of 316 patients attending one methadone clinic in western Sydney, as well as patients in clinics elsewhere in Sydney and rural NSW. The aetiology is as yet unknown.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0025-729XeISSN: 1326-5377DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06579.xTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67368583
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Abdomen, Adult, Biological and medical sciences, Blood pressure, Clinics, Dermatology, Disease Outbreaks, Emergency medical care, Endocarditis, Exanthema - epidemiology, Exanthema - physiopathology, Female, General aspects, Health services, Hospitals, Humans, Male, Medical sciences, Methadone, Middle Aged, New South Wales - epidemiology, Patients, Pharmaceutical preparations, Skin and connective tissue diseases, Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects, Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Substance‐related disorders