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Serum Sickness-Like Reaction

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Rare, multi-system reaction seen mostly in children, clinically resembling serum sickness with fevers, arthralgias, and urticarial rash typically developing 1–3 weeks after medication exposure.

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  1. Mercy Clinic, Washington, MO, USA

    Elizabeth A. Vanderah MD

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Misha Rosenbach

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Karolyn A. Wanat

  3. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert G. Micheletti

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Laura A. Taylor

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Vanderah, E.A. (2018). Serum Sickness-Like Reaction. In: Rosenbach, M., Wanat, K., Micheletti, R., Taylor, L. (eds) Inpatient Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_9

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