Skin and laboratory tests in amoxicillin- and penicillin-induced morbilliform skin eruption

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 590-595

  Schnyder, B ^a   Pichler, W J ^a,b  

^a Clin for Rheumatology/C I/A   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Drug eruptions; Drug hypersensitivity; Lymphocyte transformation test; Maculopapular rash; Patch test; Penicillin; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG ERUPTION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SKIN; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034058155     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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