Fixed Drug Eruption Associated with Sulfonamides Sold in Latino Grocery Stores — Greater Washington, DC, Area, 2012–2013

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Yang, Christine C. ; Green, Audrey N. ; Norton, Scott A.
• Description:
  In March 2012, a Salvadoran-American boy aged 7 years living in Maryland developed three slightly painful, well-demarcated, flat, gray-brown patches on his torso. A dermatologist in Washington, DC, suspected a fixed drug eruption (an erythema multiforme-like adverse drug reaction that occurs in the same location each time the person uses a particular medication). The child had recently taken a cough and cold remedy, Baczol Antigripal, which was made in El Salvador and purchased in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC, without a prescription. The Baczol Antigripal ingredients included the sulfonamide-containing antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX), which is a common cause of fixed drug eruption. In June 2013, another Salvadoran-American child, a girl aged 14 years living in northern Virginia, was evaluated for a similar fixed drug eruption likely caused by a Baczol product purchased near her home. In August 2013, staff members from the Children's National Medical Center investigated the availability of Baczol products in grocery stores in Salvadoran neighborhoods of Washington, DC, and neighboring suburbs. TMP/SMX-containing products were found in seven of 19 stores.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents Child Commerce Drug Eruptions Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Nonprescription Drugs Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(46):914-916.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24257199
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4585367
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; El Salvador ; Maryland ; Virginia
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  46
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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