Refractory anaphylactic shock associated with ketoconazole treatment

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 547-550

  Liu, Ping Yen ^a,b   Lee, Cheng Han ^a   Lin, Li Jen ^a   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; Ketoconazole; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; TRYPTASE;

AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KERATOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; KETOCONAZOLE;

EID: 13944272574     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E465     Document Type: Article

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