tetracycline and Urticaria

Topics: Anaphylaxis; Angioedema; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Carrier Proteins; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Hypersensitivity; Exanthema; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Mast Cells; Peptides; Proteins; Serum Sickness; Skin Tests; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Animals; Cell Membrane; Coumarins; Food Additives; Humans; Mice; Phenothiazines; Photosensitivity Disorders; Skin; Skin Tests; Spectrum Analysis; Sulfanilamides; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Ultraviolet Rays; Urticaria

Topics: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacterial Infections; Biguanides; Clinical Trials as Topic; Doxycycline; Female; Humans; Lung Diseases; Male; Methacycline; Middle Aged; Tetracycline; Urticaria

A 17-year-old Japanese woman showed anaphylaxis after taking tetracycline hydrochloride, pyridoxal phosphate, flavin adenine dinucleotide sodium and ascorbic acid. Prick tests were performed for these suspicious drugs and anaphylaxis due to tetracycline hydrochloride was diagnosed.

Topics: Adolescent; Anaphylaxis; Female; Humans; Tetracycline; Urticaria

(1) Photosensitivity reactions are cutaneous disorders due to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation of natural or artificial origin. They occur or are more prevalent on unprotected skin. The main clinical manifestations are burns, eczema-like rash, urticaria, pigmentation, or onycholysis; (2) Many drugs increase cutaneous sensitivity to UV, sometimes for therapeutic purposes, but it is generally an unwanted effect.

Topics: Aminolevulinic Acid; Amiodarone; Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Cardiovascular Agents; Dermatitis, Photoallergic; Dermatitis, Phototoxic; Dihematoporphyrin Ether; Diuretics; Doxycycline; Drug Hypersensitivity; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Eczema; Furocoumarins; Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation; Humans; Methotrexate; Onycholysis; Photochemotherapy; Photosensitivity Disorders; Photosensitizing Agents; Porphyrins; Psychotropic Drugs; Quinolines; Skin; Skin Aging; Skin Diseases; Skin Neoplasms; Skin Pigmentation; Sulfonamides; Sunscreening Agents; Tetracycline; Ultraviolet Rays; Urticaria; Verteporfin

Solar urticaria is an uncommon disorder characterized by pruritus, erythema and whealing commencing within minutes of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) and visible light, and generally resolves in a few hours. We describe a 28-year-old woman who developed pruritus and erythema 5 min after sun exposure while on tetracycline for treatment of perioral dermatitis. Phototesting elicited urticarial reactions in the UVA, UVB and visible spectra. Repeat phototesting after cessation of tetracycline was negative. This report documents the first case of solar urticaria induced by tetracycline.

Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Eruptions; Female; Humans; Photosensitivity Disorders; Photosensitizing Agents; Sunlight; Tetracycline; Urticaria

The purpose of the study presented herein was to determine the safety and efficacy of minocycline in patients whose acne vulgaris failed to respond adequately to tetracycline therapy and to confirm continued improvement in tetracycline-responsive patients when minocycline was substituted for tetracycline. Thirty-six acne vulgaris patients were given oral tetracycline (250 mg four times a day) for six weeks, followed by oral minocycline (50 mg three times a day) for six weeks. An analysis of the increase or decrease in total lesion counts obtained at biweekly intervals revealed that minocycline caused statically significant improvement both in patients who did not respond to tetracycline and in patients who did respond to tetracycline. Patients who did not respond to tetracycline therapy achieved a mean decrease of 54 percent in lesions after after six weeks of minocycline treatment. In tetracycline-responsive patients, six weeks' treatment with tetracycline caused a 33.5 percent mean decrease in the lesion count. When these patients received minocycline for a subsequent six-week period, the mean lesion count decreased by an additional 60 percent. Only one patient developed a side effect: severe itching and urticaria in a minocycline-treated subject warranted discontinuance of therapy. Minocycline was a safe and effective agent in the treatment of acne both in tetracycline-resistant and in tetracycline-responsive patients.

Topics: Acne Vulgaris; Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Minocycline; Tetracycline; Tetracyclines; Urticaria

Topics: Common Cold; Humans; Middle Aged; Nitrofurantoin; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Agranulocytosis; Anemia, Aplastic; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchial Spasm; Cephalosporins; Chloramphenicol; Drug Eruptions; Exanthema; Fatty Liver; Fever; Gentamicins; Hearing Disorders; Humans; Nalidixic Acid; Nitrofurantoin; Penicillins; Sulfanilamides; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Aniline Compounds; Collagen Diseases; Cosmetics; Coumarins; Demecolcine; Dermatitis, Contact; Female; Furans; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Male; Phenothiazines; Photosensitivity Disorders; Salicylamides; Skin Diseases; Skin Tests; Soaps; Sulfanilamides; Sunlight; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Antibodies; Antibodies, Antinuclear; Blood Sedimentation; Child; Cold Temperature; Complement Fixation Tests; Coombs Test; Disease Outbreaks; Finland; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Humans; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma Infections; Otitis; Pharynx; Pneumonia; Precipitins; Seasons; Stevens-Johnson Syndrome; Tetracycline; Tonsillitis; Urticaria

Topics: Aged; Chronic Disease; Dermatitis, Exfoliative; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phlebitis; Psittacosis; Skin Manifestations; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Adult; Asia, Southeastern; Chronic Disease; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Lung Diseases; Male; Melioidosis; Military Medicine; Pseudomonas; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetracycline; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Urticaria

Topics: Cosmetics; Dermatitis, Contact; Humans; Phenothiazines; Photosensitivity Disorders; Salicylates; Skin Diseases; Soaps; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Chronic Disease; Eczema; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Maleates; Serotonin Antagonists; Tetracycline; Urticaria

Topics: Adult; Aged; Angioedema; Child; Dermatitis, Atopic; Diet; Eczema; Emotions; Female; Humans; Immune Sera; Infant; Male; Penicillins; Psychophysiologic Disorders; Psychotherapy; Skin Tests; Steroids; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Urticaria; Vaccines

Topics: Adult; Ampicillin; Bacteriological Techniques; Cephalothin; Child; Chloramphenicol; Cloxacillin; Diarrhea; Eosinophilia; Erythromycin; Haemophilus influenzae; Humans; Methicillin; Nausea; Penicillin G; Penicillin G Benzathine; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillin V; Physician-Patient Relations; Pruritus; Respiratory Tract Infections; Skin Diseases; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Sulfonamides; Tetracycline; Urticaria; Vomiting

Topics: Anaphylaxis; Anemia; Anemia, Hemolytic; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Drug Eruptions; Drug Hypersensitivity; Humans; Penicillins; Serum Sickness; Skin Manifestations; Tetracycline; Toxicology; Urticaria

Topics: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Asthma; Conjunctivitis; Dermatitis; Dermatitis, Atopic; Drug Hypersensitivity; Drug Therapy; Female; Headache; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Influenza Vaccines; Nasal Polyps; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal; Smallpox Vaccine; Tetracycline; Toxicology; Urticaria; Vertigo