Allergic reactions to ampicillin. Studies on the specificity and selectivity in subjects with immediate reactions

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1425-1431

  Romano, A ^a   Torres, M J ^c   Fernandez, J ^b   Vega, J M ^c   Mayorga, C ^c   Garcia, J ^c   Blanca, M ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Ampicillin; Benzyl penicillin; Crossreactivity; IgE mediated reactions

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031437978     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb02987.x     Document Type: Article

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