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Published in: Reactions Weekly 1/2012

01-03-2012 | Case report

Capecitabine

Hand-foot syndrome with fatal sepsis: case report

Published in: Reactions Weekly | Issue 1/2012

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Excerpt

An event is serious (FDA MedWatch definition) when the patient outcome is:
  • death
  • life-threatening
  • hospitalisation
  • disability
  • congenital anomaly
  • requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment or damage
Literature
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go back to reference Hoesly FJ, Baker SG, Gunawardane ND, Cotliar JA.Capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome complicated by pseudomonal superinfection resulting in bacterial sepsis and death: Case report and review of the literature. Archives of Dermatology 147: 1418-1423, No. 12, Dec 2011. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archdermatol.2011.320 - USA Hoesly FJ, Baker SG, Gunawardane ND, Cotliar JA.Capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome complicated by pseudomonal superinfection resulting in bacterial sepsis and death: Case report and review of the literature. Archives of Dermatology 147: 1418-1423, No. 12, Dec 2011. Available from: URL: http://​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1001/​archdermatol.​2011.​320 - USA
Metadata
Title
Capecitabine
Hand-foot syndrome with fatal sepsis: case report
Publication date
01-03-2012
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Reactions Weekly / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0114-9954
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2051
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00128415-201213920-00035

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