Allergic cross-sensitivity between penicillin, carbapenem, and monobactam antibiotics: What are the chances?

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-315

  Frumin, Jane ^a   Gallagher, Jason C ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lactam; Carbapenem; Cross reactivity; Hypersensitivity; Monobactam; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACAMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MEROPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTHRALGIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; FACE EDEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHRITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN TEST; STRIDOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

CARBAPENEMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MONOBACTAMS; PENICILLINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60349112610     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L486     Document Type: Review

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