Clavulanic acid can be the component in amoxicillin-clavulanic acid responsible for immediate hypersensitivity reactions

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Torres, Maria José ^a   Ariza, Adriana ^a   Mayorga, Cristobalina ^a   Doña, Inmaculada ^a   Blanca Lopez, Natalia ^a   Rondon, Carmen ^a   Blanca, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; WORTMANNIN;

BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN TEST;

EID: 75849121334     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.11.032     Document Type: Letter

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