Delayed-type hypersensitivity to subcutaneous lidocaine with tolerance to articaine: Confirmation by in vivo and in vitro tests

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 387-389

  Bircher, Andreas J ^a   Messmer, Sabine Langauer ^a   Surber, Christian ^a   Rufli, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aminoacylamide local anesthetics; Articaine; Cross reactivity; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Intradermal tests; Lidocaine; Lymphocyte transformation test; Patch tests; Subcutaneous challenge

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; BENZOCAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CINCHOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; METHYL PARABEN; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; SODIUM METABISULFITE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029794582     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02238.x     Document Type: Article

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