Template:Table of severe drug reactions

Table of Severe Drug Reactions

Charateristic	DRESS	SJS/TEN	AGEP	Erythroderma
Onset of eruption	2-6 weeks	1-3 weeks	48 hours	1-3 weeks
Duration of eruption (weeks)	Several	1-3	<1	Several
Fever	+++	+++	+++	+++
Mucocutaneous features	Facial edema, morbilliform eruption, pustules, exfoliative dermattiis, tense bullae, possible target lesions	Bullae, atypical target lesions, mucocutaneous erosions	Facial edema, pustules, tense bullae, possible target lesions, possibl emucosal involvement	Erythematous plaques and edema affecting >90% of total skin surface with or without diffuse exfoliation
Histological pattern of skin	Perivascular lymphocytcic infiltrate	Epidermal necrosis	Subcorneal pustules	Nonspecific, unless reflecting Sezary syndrome or other lymphoma
Lymph node enlargement	+++	-	+	+
Lymph node histology	Lymphoid hyperplasia	-	-	No, unless reflecting Sezary syndrome or other malignancy
Hepatitis	+++	++	++	-
Other organ involvement	Interstitial nephritis, pneumonitis, myocarditis, and thydoiditis	Tubular nephritis and tracheobronical necrosis	Possible	Possible
Neutrophils	Elevated	Decreased	Very elevated	Elevated
Eosinophils	Very elevated	No change	Elevated	Elevated
Atypical lymphocytes	+	-	-	+
Mortality (%)	10	5-35	5	5-15

AGEP Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis

DRESS drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms

SJS Stevens-Johnson syndrome

TEN toxic epidermal necrolysis