Stevens–Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis
(TEN) are two of the severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions that
are potentially life threatening. The strong association between
the
HLA-B
*
1502
allele and carbamazepine-induced SJS (CBZSJS)
has been documented in Han Chinese in one previous study.
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Oxcarbazepine (OXC), a 10-keto analogue of CBZ, is considered
to be much safer than CBZ due to its different metabolic pathway.
Herein, we describe a Chinese male diagnosed as having
oxcarbazepine-induced SJS (OXC-SJS) with also positive
HLAB
*
1502
allele. We also estimated the incidence of developing SJS/
TEN in patients receiving CBZ and OXC.