Chlorhexidine anaphylaxis: Case report and review of the literature

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Krautheim, A B ^a   Jermann, T H M ^b   Bircher, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BÜHLMANN Laboratories AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Cellular antigen stimulation test; Chlorhexidine; Drug allergy; Hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOXONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; MERFEN BLUE; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PHENYLMERCURIC BORATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; VOMITING; WHEEZING; WOUND;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; PHENYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 2942578980     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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