LAUSR

Having spent much of my career looking to Dr. Neil Shear for information and guidance on approaching cutaneous drug reactions, it is fitting that I have the opportunity to summarize this book and the years of experience that make this new book a valuable and trustworthy resource. The Duvivier book from the 1990s is the last book I recall that even attempted to address this challenging topic. Neil has summoned the expert assistance of a co-editor of growing prominence, Dr. Roni Dodiuk-Gad, and assistant editors Drs. Olteanu and Hashimoto; from hereon I will collectively refer to the above individuals as the ‘editors’. The editors have put together a truly international cast of authors from virtually all continents for the 20 chapters and impressive atlas. The chapters are overall concise, serving as a quick read when confronted with a patient with an adverse cutaneous drug reaction (aCDR). The two most complicated aCDRs, Stevens–Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) are more than adequately covered in the text, tables of potential etiologies, and, importantly, the clinical photos (in text and Atlas). The ‘newest’ aCDR, acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), is updated. A quick review of the Table of