Vancomycin-associated spontaneous cutaneous adverse drug reactions

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-198

  An, So Yeon ^a,b   Hwang, Eui Kyung ^a,b   Kim, Joo Hee ^a,b   Kim, Jeong Eun ^a,b   Jin, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Jin, Sun Min ^a   Kyun, Jin Ok ^a   Lee, Young Hee ^a   Park, Hae Sim ^a,b   Choi, Young Wha ^a,b   Lim, Seung Kwan ^a,b   Ye, Young Min ^a,b  

^a Ajou University Medical CentSuwon   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Eosinophilia; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUTANEOUS ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEARING DISORDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA; NURSE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 79960139791     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2011.3.3.194     Document Type: Article

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