Drug fever

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-69

  Patel, Ruchi A ^a   Gallagher, Jason C ^b  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Drug fever; Drug hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALLOPURINOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; BLEOMYCIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CLOFIBRATE; CYTARABINE; DILTIAZEM; DOXEPIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EVEROLIMUS; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CELLULITIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOUT; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 75149174798     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.30.1.57     Document Type: Review

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