Clindamycin hypersensitivity appears to be rare

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 443-445

  Mazur, Nili ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^a   Regalado, Jane ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHYTIDOPLASTY;

EID: 0032973731     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62718-4     Document Type: Article

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