Abstract:Erythema multiforme (EM) is an uncommon acute mucocutaneous illness with target lesions primarily on the face and limbs. Slow-onset hypersensitivity reactions to infections (including herpes simplex virus and mycoplasma pneumonia) and medicines (including antibiotics, anticonvulsants, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) cause EM. A 4-year-old male with EM after taking metamizole, ampicillin, cloxacillin, and an unknown puffer, the major developed lip sores and blisters on various places of his body. Derm… Show more
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