Skin testing and oral penicillin challenge in patients with a history of remote penicillin allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Goldberg, Arnon ^a   Confino Cohen, Ronit ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LORATADINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; PRURITUS; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

EID: 37849037396     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60402-4     Document Type: Article

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