Penicillin allergy in cancer patients manifesting as Kounis syndrome

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 159-163

  Soufras, George D ^a   Ginopoulos, Panagiotis V ^a   Papadaki, Paraskevi J ^b   Zavras, George M ^b   Gouvelou Deligianni, Georgia V ^c   Batsolaki, Maria ^c   Kouni, Sophia ^c   Kounis, Nicholas G ^c   Koutsojannis, Constantinos M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Patras Highest Institute of Education and Technology   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allergic angina; Allergic myocardial infarction; Cancer allergy; Kounis syndrome; Penicillin allergy

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXORUBICIN; FAMOTIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEART ENZYME; HISTAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MORPHINE; PACLITAXEL; PENICILLIN G; TROPONIN; TRYPTASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALLERGIC VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FACE EDEMA; FAINTNESS; HEART RATE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PENICILLINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 22744458927     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-004-0804-6     Document Type: Article

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