The prevalence and impact of antimicrobial allergies and adverse drug reactions at an Australian tertiary centre

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Trubiano, Jason A ^a,b,c   Cairns, Kelly A ^d   Evans, Jacqui A ^a   Ding, Amally ^a   Nguyen, Tuan ^d   Dooley, Michael J ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibiotic allergy; Antibiotic usage; Antimicrobial stewardship

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; BETA LACTAM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DRUG LABELING; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BETA-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84949672933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1303-3     Document Type: Article

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