The current practice of skin testing for antibiotics in Korean hospitals

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Lee, So Hee ^a   Park, Heung Woo ^a   Kim, Sae Hoon ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a   Kim, Sun Sin ^a   Cho, Sang Heon ^a   Min, Kyung Up ^a   Kim, You Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Drug hypersensitivity; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; MONOBACTAM; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; KOREA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77954468922     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2010.25.2.207     Document Type: Article

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