Challenge test results in patients with suspected penicillin allergy, but no specific iGE

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-122

  Holm, Anne ^a   Mosbech, Holger ^a,b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug hypersensitivity; Exanthema; Immunoglobulin E; Penicillins; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 79953220163     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.2.118     Document Type: Article

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