Experience with a new commercial skin testing kit to identify IgE-mediated penicillin allergy

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Nolan, R C ^a   Puy, R ^a   Deckert, K ^a   O'Hehir, R E ^a,b   Douglass, J A ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin allergy; Major determinant; Minor determinant; Penicillin allergy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAPHYLAXIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 42049109112     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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