Antibiotic Selection in the Penicillin-Allergic Patient

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1257-1264

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLERGIC URTICARIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BETA-LACTAMS; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; PENICILLINS; URTICARIA;

EID: 33750980670     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.07.005     Document Type: Review

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