Delayed hypersensitivity to acylureidopenicillins: A case report

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-789

  Gaeta, F ^b   Alonzi, C ^b   Valluzzi, R L ^b   Viola, M ^b   Romano, A ^a  

^a Unita di Allergologia   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intradermal test; Mezlocillin; Patch test; Piperacillin; Selective delayed hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BENZYL PENICILLOIC ACID; BETA LACTAM; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MEZLOCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; PETROLATUM; PIPERACILLIN; SODIUM BENZYL PENICILLOATE; TETANUS TOXOID; UREIDOPENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURIGO; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PIPERACILLIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 42549118192     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2008.01691.x     Document Type: Article

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