McLean-Tooke A, Aldridge C, Stroud C, Spickett GP. Practical management of antibiotic allergy in adults.
J Clin Pathol 2010;
64:192-9. [PMID:
21177267 DOI:
10.1136/jcp.2010.077289]
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Abstract
This review looks at the main issues around immediate hypersensitivity and the role and limitations of testing. The majority of literature on antibiotic hypersensitivity relates to β-lactam antibiotics, mainly because of the heavy usage of this class of drugs. Concerns around cross-reactivity always worry clinicians, particularly in the emergency situation. Reasonable data now exist in relation to β-lactam antibiotics and derivatives, which enable appropriate risk management to be undertaken. The available literature for other classes of antibiotics is also discussed.
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