Drug Hypersensitivity - Complications
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in nasal tissue with peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus (SA) in the nose can be a simple colonizer but also may create an intramucosal reservoir causing recurrent infections or can be a specific immune modulator through superantigenic mechanisms. Because the colonization ... Read more...

The variable clinical picture of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms in relation to the eliciting drug.

30 Jul 2009 Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS)/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a life-threatening adverse reaction characterized by skin rashes, fever, leukocytosis with eosinophilia or atypical lymphocytosis, lymph node ... Read more...

Approach to the patient with drug allergy.

30 Jul 2009 Drug allergies are adverse drug reactions mediated by the specific immune system. Despite characteristic signs (eg, skin rash) that raise awareness for possible drug allergies, they are great imitators of disease and may hide behind unexpected ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Hypersensitivity - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in nasal tissue with peptide nucleic acid-fluorescence in situ hybridization. 30 Aug 2009
• The variable clinical picture of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms in relation to the eliciting drug. 30 Jul 2009
• Approach to the patient with drug allergy. 30 Jul 2009
• Preface. Drug hypersensitivity. 30 Jul 2009
• Mast cell diseases and the severity and course of intraoperative anaphylaxis. 30 Jul 2009
• Lack of association of ALOX12 and ALOX15 polymorphisms with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in Korean patients. 29 Jun 2009
• Anaphylaxis with use of eye-drops containing benzalkonium chloride preservative. 20 Jun 2009
• Urticarial vasculitis: etiologies and clinical course. 30 May 2009
• Molecular mechanisms of maculopapular exanthema. 30 May 2009
• Contact dermatitis in leg ulcer patients. 29 Apr 2009
• Is referring patients with a positive history of allergic drug reactions or atopy for allergy testing to local anesthetics justified? 30 Mar 2009
• A case of protracted hypotension as unique symptom of a biphasic anaphylaxis to amoxicillin. 30 Mar 2009
• Multiple drug hypersensivity: insight into the underlying mechanism and correlation with autoimmune diseases. 30 Mar 2009
• A case of acute polyradiculoneuropathy, drug-induced hypersensitivity, and HHV-6 infection. 8 Mar 2009
• Adverse reactions to iodinated contrast media administered at the time of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). 27 Feb 2009
• Kounis syndrome following beta-lactam antibiotic use: review of literature. 27 Feb 2009
• Viral connection between drug rashes and autoimmune diseases: how autoimmune responses are generated after resolution of drug rashes. 21 Feb 2009
• Eruptive pyogenic granulomas developing after drug hypersensitivity reaction. 8 Feb 2009
• Hypersensitivity myocarditis associated with azithromycin exposure. Feb 2009
• Gene-expression signatures of nasal polyps associated with chronic rhinosinusitis and aspirin-sensitive asthma. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Drug Hypersensitivity'

Definition: Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.

Descriptor UI: D004342

Alternative terms: Drug Hypersensitivity; Drug Hypersensitivities; Hypersensitivities, Drug; Drug Allergy; Allergies, Drug; Drug Allergies; Hypersensitivity, Drug; Allergy, Drug;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C20.543.206;

History Note: 66; was DRUG ALLERGY 1963-65

Technical Notes: use in conventional sense and not for allergy to every category D term; allergy to non-drug chemical substance=substance /ad eff + HYPERSENSITIVITY or its specifics /etiol; manual 23.24+