Antibiotic hypersensitivity mimicking recurrent endocardits - Identifying the culprit with the in vitro lymphocyte transformation test [4]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-68

  Cooper, H L ^a   Pickard, C ^a   Healy, E ^a   Friedmann, P S ^a   Foley, P W X ^b   Morgan, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 38349167823     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm107     Document Type: Letter

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