Drug allergy to the β-lactam antibiotics clavulanic acid and amoxicillin

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-118

  Cahen, Y D ^b   Wuthrich B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adverse effect; allergy; antibiotic; clavulanic acid; drug; hypersensitivity; penicillin; lactam

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLEMASTINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0030942463     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1997.tb02560.x     Document Type: Article

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