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Case Reports
. 1985 Jun;133(6):1044-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)49372-4.

Balanitis as a fixed drug eruption to tetracycline

P R Dodds, T N Chi
Case Reports

Balanitis as a fixed drug eruption to tetracycline

P R Dodds et al. J Urol. 1985 Jun.

Abstract

Fixed drug eruptions are a rarely reported complication of tetracycline therapy. For poorly understood reasons, the epithelium of the glans penis seems unusually susceptible to this type of reaction. We report 3 additional cases of balanitis secondary to orally administered tetracycline and suggest that there may not be cross sensitivity to doxycycline.

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