Immediate hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine: Literature review

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Beaudouin, E ^a   Kanny, G ^a   Morisset, M ^a   Renaudin, J M ^a   Mertes, M ^a   Laxenaire, M C ^a   Mouton, C ^a   Jacson, F ^b   Moneret Vautrin, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Service d'Allergologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acute urticaria; Anaphylactic shock; Chlorhexidine; Peroperative shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRICK TEST; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; URTICARIA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRONCHIAL SPASM; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTRADERMAL TESTS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 2342509501     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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