Severe hypersensitivity reaction to minocycline

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 403-404

  De Paz Arranz, Santiago ^a   Perez A ^a   Gomez M ^a   Trampal, A ^a   Lázaro, A Domínguez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity reaction; Minocycline; Pulmonary infiltrates

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISONE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIP DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYALGIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PNEUMONIA; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RASH; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TEST; SORE THROAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH DISEASE; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINOCYCLINE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0343851548     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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