Generalized bullous fixed-drug eruption secondary to the influenza vaccine

Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a type IV hypersensitivity reaction characterized by recurrence of lesions at identical sites with each exposure to the offending medication. After morbilliform exanthems, FDE is the most common cutaneous drug reaction.1 Generalized bullous fixed drug eruption (GBFDE) is a variant of FDE that can present rarely with significant, life-threatening body surface involvement akin to Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN).2 There are few reported cases of GBFDE occurring after the influenza vaccine, and all occurred after decades of receiving the vaccine.