Safe use of selected cephalosporins in penicillin-allergic patients: A meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-347

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a   Casey, Janet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS ALLERGY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREDICTION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CEFAMANDOLE; CEPHALEXIN; CEPHALORIDINE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLINS; SAFETY;

EID: 33847182810     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.10.007     Document Type: Review

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