Contact allergy to neomycin sulfate: Results of a multifactorial analysis

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 725-733

  de Púdua, C A Menezes ^a   Schnuch, A ^b   Lessmann, H ^b   Geier, J ^b   Pfahlberg, A ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Aminoglycosides; Corticosteroids; Neomycin sulfate; Patch test

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BUDESONIDE; CLOBETASOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FRAMYCETIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DERMATITIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRIA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FRAMYCETIN; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NEOMYCIN; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 27144502707     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1117     Document Type: Article

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