Antimicrobial selection in the penicillin-allergic patient

Drugs of Today

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 377-383

  Cunha, B A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CROSS REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; REVIEW; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0034908786     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.2001.37.6.627956     Document Type: Review

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