Continued need of appropriate betalactam-derived skin test reagents for the management of allergy to betalactams

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-173

  Blanca, M ^a,e   Romano, A ^b   Torres, M J ^a   Demoly, P ^c   Deweck, A ^d  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^d Gerimmun Foundation   (Switzerland)

^e Allergy Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergy; Betalactam; Diagnosis; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CD63 ANTIGEN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; HAPTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLOIC ACID; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BASOPHIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENCE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33846406864     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02656.x     Document Type: Review

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