Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is an immunological skin conditions, often secondary to drugs or infection.
Tag Frank Chambliss Johnson
Frank Johnson
Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894 – 1934) was an American pediatrician. Along with Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945), is eponymously affiliated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Albert Stevens
Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945) was an American surgeon. Eponym Stevens-Johnson syndrome (with Frank Chambliss Johnson)
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
= immune complex mediated hypersensitivity -> severe erythema multiforme. Separation of the epidermis from the dermis; most authors believe toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and SJS are different ends of the same spectrum of disease