Immediate hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine is increasingly recognised in the United Kingdom

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-49

  Nakonechna, A ^a   Dore, P ^a   Dixon, T ^b   Khan, S ^c   Deacock, S ^c   Holding, S ^a   Abuzakouk, M ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Chlorhexidine; Mast cell tryptase; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLAXIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; MAST CELL TRYPTASE; SPECIFIC IGE;

AGED; ALLERGENS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHLORHEXIDINE; CYSTOSCOPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TESTS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 84893850708     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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