Amoxicillin-induced exanthema in patients with infectious mononucleosis: Allergy or transient immunostimulation?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1474-1475

  Jappe, U ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin allergy; Drug allergy; Epstein Barr Virus infection; Infectious mononucleosis; Patch test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; PATCH TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATCH TESTS; PENICILLINS;

EID: 35748945717     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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