Kounis syndrome following beta-lactam antibiotic use: Review of literature

Inflammation and Allergy - Drug Targets

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Ridella, Maricel ^a   Bagdure, Satish ^b   Nugent, Kenneth ^a   Cevik, Cihan ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Angina pectoris; Beta lactams; Epinephrine; Kounis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; COLLAPSE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOGENESIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349498715     PISSN: 18715281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152809787582462     Document Type: Review

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