Diagnosis of allergy against beta-lactams in primary care: Prevalence and diagnostic criteria

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 257-262

  Salden, Odette A E ^a   Rockmann, Heike ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a   Broekhuizen, Berna D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta lactams; Hypersensitivity; Prevalence; Primary health care; Probability; Risk factors; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930814458     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv018     Document Type: Article

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