Volume :

3

Issue :

1

Abstract :

Fixed drug eruption is a allergic reaction to particular medicine. This is case of 65-year-old male patient with complaints of multiple discrete dusty macules over hands, legs and feet and various other areas associated with burning sensation with history of similar complaints in the past two to three times & on enquiry patient was prescribed co-trimoxazole by a local practitioner without taking adequate medication history. Cotrimoxazole was suspected as the offending drug in causing fixed drug eruption in this case and its role was confirmed by patch test. According to WHO-UMC & Naranjo assessment scales this adverse effect comes under possible adverse effect.