Skin Testing for IgE-Mediated Drug Allergy

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-516

  Kränke, Birger ^a   Aberer, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Drug allergy; Drug hypersensitivity; Immediate reaction; Intradermal test; Prick test

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BUDESONIDE; CARBOPLATIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IOBITRIDOL; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; IOMEPROL; IOPAMIDOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OXALIPLATIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; URTICARIA;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 67649208995     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2009.04.003     Document Type: Review

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