Safe use of meropenem in a patient with a possible nonimmediate allergy to imipenem

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 9 I, 2007, Pages 1334-1338

  Lakhal, Karim ^a   Lortat Jacob, Brice ^a   Neukirch, Catherine ^a   Pajot, Olivier ^a   Wolff, Michel ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

lactams; Adverse effects; Antibacterial agents; Carbapenems; Cilastatin; Drug hypersensitivity; Imipenem; Meropenem; Nonimmediate hypersensitivity; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COLISTIN; ENOXAPARIN; INSULIN; MEROPENEM; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CILASTATIN; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMIPENEM; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 34548348944     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.9.1334     Document Type: Article

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