Could a routine skin test to penicillin lead to fatal anaphylaxis?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 526-531

  Koshak, E A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; SKIN TEST; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CELLULITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPINEPHRINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; SKIN TESTS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034158482     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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