Table 1

Patients with erythema multiforme

No., sex Age (y) Preceding illness Drug ingestion one week before Suspected aetiology Duration of disease Steroids
Yes/no 		Recurrences Yes/no Sequelae Yes/no
Erythema multiforme minor
1, M8months Immunisation1-150 NoneImmunisation1-150 10 daysNoNoNo
2, M 1Immunisation1-152 NoneImmunisation1-150 10 daysNoNoNo
3, F 4PharyngitisAmpicillin (2)Infection or antibiotics10 daysNoNoNo
4, M 6NoneNoneTuberculin10 daysNoNoNo
5, M 9Labial herpesNoneHerpes (3)10 daysNoYesNo
6, F 9DyshidrosisOxacillin (2)Herpes (1) or oxacillin20 daysNoNoNo
7, M10NoneNoneHerpes (1)?15 daysNoYesNo
8, M11Labial herpesNoneHerpes (2)8 daysYes?No
9, F12NoneNoneHerpes (2)?15 daysNoYesNo
10, M15Labial herpesNoneHerpes (2)?No?No
11, M15Labial herpesNoneHerpes (3)8 daysNoYesNo
Erythema multiforme major
12, M 4orfAcyclovir (1)orf10 daysNoNoNo
1-15013, M 6BronchoendoscopyAmpicillin (3)Ampicillin10 daysNoNoNo
1-15014, M10TonsillitisNoneStreptococcus A?15 daysNoNoNo
15, F10NoneNoneHerpes (1)??NoYesNo
1-15016, F12?NoneHerpes (1)??NoYesNo
17, M13Immunisation1-150 NoneImmunisation?1-151 ?YesYesNo
18, M13Labial herpesNoneHerpes (3)?NoYesNo
19, M13Labial herpesNoneHerpes (2)?No?No
1-15020, M13Labial herpesNoneHerpes (3)?NoYesNo
21, F14TonsillitisAmpicillin (2)Infection or drugs??NoNoNo
Niflumic acid (2)
1-15022, M14Upper respiratory tract infectionsNoneSinusitis?20 daysYes +YesNo
thalidomide

  • Herpes and drug scores are in brackets.

  • ↵1-150 Vaccine.

  • ↵1-151 Immunisation against diphtheria–tetanus–poliomyelitis.

  • ↵1-152 Immunisation against measles–mumps–rubella.