Elective penicillin skin testing in a pediatric outpatient setting

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 807-812

  Jost, Barbara Capes ^a   Wedner, H James ^a   Bloomberg, Gordon R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; PREPEN; SODIUM PENICILLOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROPATHY; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

EID: 33845962356     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60973-8     Document Type: Article

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