Effects of treatments on the mortality of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: A retrospective study on patients included in the prospective …

J Schneck, JP Fagot, P Sekula, B Sassolas… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: No treatment modality has been established as standard for patients with
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. OBJECTIVE: We sought to
evaluate the effect of treatment on mortality in a large cohort of patients with Stevens-
Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis. METHODS: Data on therapy were
retrospectively collected from patients in France and Germany enrolled in EuroSCAR, a
case-control study of risk factors. RESULTS: Neither intravenous immunoglobulins nor …