Multiple drug hypersensitivity - Proof of multiple drug hypersensitivity by patch and lymphocyte transformation tests

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-296

  Gex Collet, C ^a   Helbling, A ^a   Pichler, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lymphocyte transformation test; Multiple drug hypersensitivity; Patch test; Sequential sensitization; Simultaneous sensitization to drugs

Indexed keywords

AMCINONIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; BUDESONIDE; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CINCHOCAINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUVOXAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE BUTYRATE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINE; RANITIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAZOLAM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG HYPERSENSIVITY; PATCH TEST; SEVERE DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 33244476732     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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