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Gemcitabine-related "pseudocellulitis": report of 2 cases and review of the literature.

Tan DH, Bunce PE, Liles WC, Gold WL

Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, ON. darrell.tan@gmail.com

Gemcitabine is a chemotherapeutic agent whose cutaneous toxicities are easily mistaken for infections. We describe 2 patients, 1 with gemcitabine-induced radiation recall dermatitis and 1 with gemcitabine-related erysipeloid reaction, who received misdiagnoses of infectious cellulitis and were given empirical antibiotics. Recognition of these syndromes is important to avoid unnecessary antibiotic use.

Published 8 August 2007 in Clin Infect Dis, 45(5): e72-6.
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