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It's well known that antibiotics can cause rashes, but just how
common these reactions are has been less well-documented. Some drugs
are more likely to cause rashes in children than others.
A review of nearly 6,000 patient charts in a large pediatric practice
indicates that more rashes were attributed to the oral antibiotic
Ceclor than with any of the other antibiotics.
Overall, "rashes occurred in 7.3% of children who were given
the commonly used oral antibiotics," the study authors write
They add, however, that rashes apparently occur "in less than
3% of exposures to common oral antibiotics when considered per written
prescription." They found that rashes occurred in 12% of children
prescribed cefaclor, 7% of those taking a penicillin drug, 9% of
those taking a sulfonamide and 3% of those taking other cephalosporins.
Archives of Dermatology, 2000;136:849-854.
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