A Study of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions and their Association with Autoimmune Diseases at a Tertiary Centre in South-West Rajasthan, India.

Background: Cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADRs) comprise about 30% of all adverse drug reactions and observed in 2-3% of hospitalized patients by wide variety of offending agents.

Aims: To study the clinical patterns, causative drugs and their association with autoimmune diseases in CADR patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 174 CADR patients who presented to the dermatology OPD over a period of 18 months (1 July 2015 to 31 Dec 2016) were considered for the study.