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Late reaction to oral nystatin: the importance of patch testing.

@article{delaBorbolla2009LateRT,
  title={Late reaction to oral nystatin: the importance of patch testing.},
  author={J M de la Borbolla and Mar{\'i}a Jos{\'e} Goikoetxea and Paula Cabrera-Freitag and Gabriel Gastaminza},
  journal={Journal of investigational allergology \& clinical immunology},
  year={2009},
  volume={19 4},
  pages={
          321-2
        }
}
A 63-year-old man with lung carcinoma and no history of contact dermatitis presented an intense erythematopapular eruption on his arms, back, and groin after a 3-day course of corticosteroids following chemotherapy. He had tolerated an initial chemotherapy cycle with paclitaxel and cisplatin well. The patient had received the following drugs: cisplatin, paclitaxel, granisetron, bemiparin, osmofundin, metoclopramide and was still under treatment with levothyroxine and nystatin (Mycostatin oral… 
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