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Vesicles and Bullae, Generalized*

Physical agents
   Radiation
   Burns
   Chemicals
   Cosmetics
   Mechanical irritation, trauma
   Metals (nickel, chromate)
Plants (poison ivy and oak, primrose)
Resins
Drugs
   Barbiturates
   Penicillins
   Sulfonamides
   Nitrofurantoin
   Nalidixic acid
   Bacitracin
   Neomycin
   Benzocaine
   Thiazides
   Furosemide
   NSAIDs
   Phenytoin
   Mephenytoin
   Allopurinol
   Phenolphthalein
Infections
   Bacterial
   Disseminated gonococcus, Pseudomonas

       Impetigo, erysipelas
       Toxic epidermal necrolysis
       Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
   Viral
       Herpes simplex
       Herpes zoster
       Varicella
       Variola (smallpox)
       Vaccinia
       Enterovirus (e.g., hand-foot-mouth disease)
   Syphilis, congenital
   Rickettsialpox
Erythema multiforme bullosum, Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Pemphigus (vulgaris, foliaceus, erythematosus, paraneoplastic)
Pemphigoid (bullous, cicatricial)
Acute eczematous dermatitis, especially contact dermatitis
Dermatitis herpetiformis
Epidermolysis bullosa
Porphyria
Lupus erythematosus, discoid or systemic
Pityriasis rosea (vesicular type)
Diabetes mellitus
Herpes gestationis
Subcorneal pustular dermatosis
Bullous ichthyosis
Bullous insect bite eruption
Kaposi's varioliform eruption
Linear immunoglobulin A disease

References

1. Helm, pp. 162–177. See Bibliography, 2.
2. See Bibliography, 1.
*Vesicles are <0.5 cm and bullae are >0.5 cm. >

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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