the causative drug is withdrawn. Epidemiology SJS is a rare condition, with a reported incidence of around 2.6 to 6.1 cases per million people per year. In the United States, about 300 new diagnoses are made each year. The condition is more common in adults than in children. History SJS is named for Albert Mason Stevens and Frank Chambliss Johnson, American pediatricians who jointly published a description of the disorder in the American Journal of Diseases of Children in 1922. Notable cases Ab-Soul, American hip hop recording artist and member of Black Hippy Padma Lakshmi, actress, model, television personality, and cookbook writer Manute Bol, former NBA player. Bol died from complications of Stevens–Johnson syndrome as well as kidney failure. Gene Sauers, three-time PGA Tour winner Samantha Reckis, a seven-year-old Plymouth, Massachusetts girl who lost the skin covering 95% of her body after taking children's Motrin in 2003. In 2013, a jury awarded her $63M in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, one of the largest lawsuits of its kind. The decision was upheld in 2015. Karen Elaine Morton, a model and actress who appeared in Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny" video and was Playmate of the Month in the July 1978 issue of Playboy Magazine. Research In 2015, the NIH and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) organized a workshop entitled "Research Directions in Genetically-Mediated Stevens–Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis". References External links Drug eruptions Rare syndromes Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate Wikipedia emergency medicine articles ready to translate