Diagnosis of nonimmediate reactions to β-lactam antibiotics

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1153-1160

  Romano, Antonino ^a,g   Blanca, M ^b   Torres, M J ^b   Bircher, A ^c   Aberer, W ^c   Brockow, K ^d   Pichler, W J ^e   Demoly, P ^f  

^a O Maria SS Troina/C I Columbus   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*  (Austria)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^g Unità di Allergologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

lactams; Intradermal tests; Nonimmediate reactions; Patch tests

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES;

ALGORITHM; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RASH; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; URTICARIA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 6344226350     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00678.x     Document Type: Review

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