Abstract
To the Editor.— A case of StevensJohnson syndrome from the ophthalmic use of sulfacetamide sodium was presented by Gottschalk and Stone (112:513,1976) and believed by them to be the first such reported case. I wish to submit a brief and belated report of a case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome that occurred in 1970 and was apparently due to the combined effect of an intermediate-dosage sulfonamide and sodium sulfacetamide. An ophthalmologist requested an emergency consultation in his office for a patient whom he was examining for the first time and who was in pain and incapable of walking because of his general condition and a painful condition affecting his eyes. Report of a Case.— The patient, a 73-year-old man, was obviously having a toxic reaction. His daughter stated that her father never reacted adversely to any orally or parenterally administered or topically applied medication. In January 1970 the patient had been operated
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