REPORT OF A CASE
We evaluated an eruption in a 61-year-old woman with scleroderma complicated by chronic renal failure. The patient also had metastatic breast carcinoma and was being treated with combination therapy that included systemic steroids. A few days prior to dermatologic evaluation, the patient was admitted for nausea, fever, and malaise. She was found to have a left-sided pleural effusion, which was drained and cultured, yielding microorganisms. Therapy with nafcillin and gentamicin was started.On the third day after hospital admission, a "rash" was noted. The patient had generalized erythema and peeling of the skin over the forearms, over areas where tape had been applied, and over the perioral and perirectal areas (Figs 1 and 2). These areas exhibited Nikolsky's sign. There were no intact bullae. The patient also had periorbital edema with a purulent discharge from both eyes. Her skin was tender to touch.A frozen