Unexpected cefazolin anaphylaxis in a 5-month-old girl

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 344-345

  Tayman, Cüneyt ^a   Mete, Emin ^b   Bayrak, Omer ^a   Catal, Ferhat ^b   Usta, Burhanettin ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

^b Department of Pediatrics

^c FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; RANITIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONSULTATION; CROSS REACTION; CYANOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; LETTER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; SHOCK; SKIN TEST; SURGICAL INFECTION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VITAL SIGN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 46249130099     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31816ed058     Document Type: Letter

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