Diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity in children and adolescents: Discrepancy between physician-based assessment and results of testing

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Seitz, Cornelia S ^a,b   Bröcker, Eva B ^a   Trautmann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; Challenge test; Exanthema; Provocation test; Skin test; Urticaria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM; URTICARIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PENICILLINS; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 79955511668     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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