Non-immediate hypersensitivity reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics in children – our 10-year experience in allergy work-up

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 533-538

  Atanaskovic Markovic, Marina ^a,b   Gaeta, Francesco ^c   Medjo, Biljana ^a,b   Gavrovic Jankulovic, Marija ^d   Cirkovic Velickovic, Tanja ^d   Tmusic, Vladimir ^b   Romano, Antonino ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^c Allergy Unit Complesso Integrato Columbus   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

allergy work up; beta lactams; children; non immediate hypersensitivity reactions; provocation test; skin test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NON IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URTICARIA;

EID: 84978264083     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pai.12565     Document Type: Article

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