Penicillin allergy: Value of including amoxicillin as a determinant in penicillin skin testing

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-318

  Lin, Erina ^a   Saxon, Andrew ^a   Riedl, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin allergy; Diagnostic tests; Drug allergy; Penicillin allergy; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN G DERIVATIVE; PENICILLOATE; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; PENILLOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AMOXICILLIN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77954530785     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288284     Document Type: Article

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