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Sweet's syndrome associated with norfloxacin in a prostate cancer patient
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Sir,
Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, also termed Sweet's syndrome (SS), is an uncommon disease first described by Robert Sweet in 1964.1 It is a hypersensitivity reaction in response to systemic factors, which may include malignant disease, infection, or drug exposure. Patients with malignancy often take several medications, and if SS develops, it can be difficult to tell whether it is drug-related or a paraneoplastic syndrome.
Norfloxacin is an antibiotic from the family of
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