Value of patch tests in clindamycin-related drug eruptions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 202-207

  Pereira, Neide ^a   Canelas, Maria Miguel ^a   Santiago, Felicidade ^a   Brites, Maria Manuel ^a   Gonçalo, Margarida ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

clindamycin; cutaneous adverse drug reaction; drug hypersensitivity; maculopapular exanthema; patch tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN ATRAL; CORTICOSTEROID; LABESFAL; LEVOFLOXACIN; NIMESULIDE; OFLOXACIN; STEROID; TENOXICAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RECHALLENGE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATCH TEST; TOOTH ABSCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052770263     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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