Stevens - Johnson syndrome After Anti-Tubercular Therapy in a Patient with Tuberculosis of the Spine

Abstract

This case is of a 54-year-old female showing a rare and life-threatening steven johnson syndrome (Toxic epidermal necrolysis) as an adverse reaction after starting with Anti-tubercular therapy for tuberculosis of the spine (D8-D9). The patient developed a cutaneous reaction 10 days after starting treatment for Tuberculosis. The documentation of Steven Johnson syndrome after starting anti-tubercular drugs is sparse and Tuberculosis is a high-incidence and prevalence disease, the drugs used to treat the same are widely used.