Immediate reaction to roxithromycin and prick test cross-sensitization to erythromycin and clarithromycin

Dermatology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-336

  Kruppa, A ^a   Scharffetter Kochanek, K ^a   Krieg, T ^a   Hunzelmann, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; Allergy; Antibiotic; Side effect

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TONSILLITIS; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CROSS REACTIONS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; ROXITHROMYCIN; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031965559     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017907     Document Type: Article

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