Allergy to quinolones: Low cross-reactivity to levofloxacin

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-611

  Lobera, T ^a   Audicana M T ^b   Alarcon E ^a   Longo, N ^b   Navarro, B ^a   Munoz D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basophil activation test; Ciprofloxacin; Cross reactivity; Drug allergy; Levofloxacin; Quinolone allergy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACINO NORMON; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RECHALLENGE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASOPHILS; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONES; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251510256     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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