The simultaneous occurrence of contact urticaria from sulbactam and allergic contact dermatitis from ampicillin in a nurse

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-178

  Kwon, Hyun Jo ^a   Kim, Mi Yeon ^a   Kim, Hyung Ok ^a   Park, Young Min ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Ampicillin; Contact urticaria; Hand dermatitis; Occupational; Sulbactam

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZEDONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; STEROID; SULBACILLIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; PATCH TEST; PRURITUS; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMPICILLIN; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; NURSING; PATCH TESTS; SULBACTAM; URTICARIA;

EID: 33644906130     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0739h.x     Document Type: Article

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