Accuracy in diagnosis of allergy to β-lactams

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Iglesias Souto, Javier ^a,b   González, Ruperto ^a,b   Poza Guedes, Paloma ^a,b   Sanchez Machín, Inmaculada ^a,b   Matheu, Victor ^a,b,c  

^a CHUNSC Servicio Canario de Salud   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESUSCITATION; SKIN TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; HUMANS;

EID: 84858076608     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11193     Document Type: Letter

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