The major systemic treatments that were adopted in addition to
supportive care were corticosteroids, IVIG, and plasmapheresis. The
treatments performed are shown in Table 3. All cases, except 2
cases of SJS and 1 case of TEN, were treated with corticosteroids
with or without other therapies. Prompt tapering of the steroid
dose was performed along with amelioration of symptoms. In SJS,
most cases (45 cases, 86.5%) were treated with corticosteroids
alone. Of the cases, 18 (34.6% of all SJS) were performed pulse
therapy (500e1000 mg/day of methylprednisolone for 3 days). On
the other hand, in TEN, steroid pulse therapy was performed in 31
cases (88.6%) of all cases. Less than half cases (14 cases, 40%) were