Suspicion of macrolide allergy after treatment of infectious diseases including Helicobacter pylori: Results of allergological testing

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-199

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MACROLIDE ALLERGY; MACROLIDE HYPERSENSTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TEST; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNIZATION; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79960630591     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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