Educational case series: β-lactam allergy and cross-reactivity

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 770-775

  Atanasković Marković, Marina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

lactam allergy; Drug provocation tests; Immediate allergic reactions; in vitro tests; in vivo tests; Non immediate allergic reactions; Skin tests

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE;

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CROSS REACTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EAR INFECTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RASH; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; TOOTH INFECTION; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ALGORITHMS; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 82455175220     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01204.x     Document Type: Review

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