Cross-reactivity in drug hypersensitivity reactions to sulfasalazine and sulfamethoxazole

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-156

  Zawodniak, Anna ^a   Lochmatter, Priska ^a   Beeler, Andreas ^a   Pichler, Werner J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aromatic sulfonamides; Cross reactivity; Sulfamethoxazole; Sulfasalazine; Sulfonamide allergy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETANUS TOXOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRESS SYNDROME; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 77951088651     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312632     Document Type: Article

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