Diagnosis of penicillin allergy revisited: The value of case history, skin testing, specific IgE and prolonged challenge

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1057-1064

  Hjortlund, J ^a   Mortz, C G ^a   Skov, P S ^a   Bindslev Jensen, C ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ENDA guidelines; immediate vs nonimmediate reactions; penicillin allergy; prolonged oral drug challenge; skin testing reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; DICLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RASH; REACTION TIME; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ENDA GUIDELINES; IMMEDIATE VS NONIMMEDIATE REACTIONS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PROLONGED ORAL DRUG CHALLENGE; SKIN TESTING REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883177878     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12195     Document Type: Article

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