Antibiotic skin testing accompanied by provocative challenges in children is a useful clinical tool

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kavadas, Fotini D ^a   Kasprzak, Anna ^b   Atkinson, Adelle R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic allergy; Drug testing; Provocative challenge; Skin testing

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TEST; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 84879445563     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: 17101492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-9-22     Document Type: Letter

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