Antibiotic allergy: Immunochemical and clinical considerations

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Baldo, Brian A ^a   Zhao, Zhenjun ^a   Pham, Nghia H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AMINOCEPHALOSPORANIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFACLOR; CEFALOTIN; EYE DROPS; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT URTICARIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYTHEMA; FLUSHING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS;

EID: 41549087992     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-008-0010-1     Document Type: Review

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