Drug Hypersensitivity - Pathology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Rapid desensitization for hypersensitivity reactions to medications.

30 Jul 2009 Drug desensitization is the induction of temporary clinical unresponsiveness to drug antigens to which patients have presented severe hypersensitivity reactions. It is typically achieved by gradual reintroduction of small doses of drug antigens at ... Read more...

The basophil activation test in immediate-type drug allergy.

30 Jul 2009 Diagnosis of drug allergy involves first the recognition of sometimes unusual symptoms as drug allergy and, second, the identification of the eliciting drug. This is an often difficult task, as the clinical picture and underlying pathomechanisms are ... Read more...

In vitro tests in drug hypersensitivity diagnosis.

30 Jul 2009 The diagnosis of a drug hypersensitivity reaction (DHR) is a challenging task because multiple and complex mechanisms are involved. Better understanding of immunologic pathomechanisms in DHRs and rapid progress in cellular-based in-vitro tests can ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Hypersensitivity - Pathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Rapid desensitization for hypersensitivity reactions to medications. 30 Jul 2009
• The basophil activation test in immediate-type drug allergy. 30 Jul 2009
• In vitro tests in drug hypersensitivity diagnosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome with superficial granulomatous dermatitis--a novel finding. 30 Jul 2009
• Drug-eluting stent thrombosis: the Kounis hypersensitivity-associated acute coronary syndrome revisited. 29 Jun 2009
• Allergic reaction to mecasermin. 29 Jun 2009
• Killing with kindness? Drug reaction eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) masquerading as acute severe sepsis. 28 Jun 2009
• Urticarial vasculitis: etiologies and clinical course. 30 May 2009
• [Acute immuno-allergic interstitial nephritis after treatment with fluindione. Seven cases] 5 Apr 2009
• Induction of eosinophil-infiltrating drug photoallergy in mice. 26 Mar 2009
• Acute allergic interstitial nephritis after use of pantoprazole. Mar 2009
• Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic signs syndrome in a patient with multiple sclerosis. 27 Feb 2009
• Detection of human herpesvirus-6 transcripts in carbamazepine-induced hypersensitivity syndrome by in situ hybridization. 21 Feb 2009
• Nonimmediate allergic reactions induced by drugs: pathogenesis and diagnostic tests. 30 Dec 2008
• Dress syndrome and fulminant hepatic failure induced by lamotrigine. 30 Dec 2008
• Pedicled TRAM flap unaffected by clindamycin hypersensitivity reaction. 29 Dec 2008
• Correlation between the prostaglandin D(2)/E(2) ratio in nasal polyps and the recalcitrant pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis associated with bronchial asthma. 29 Nov 2008
• [Diagnostic value of leukocytic alteration test (in vitro) for drug-induced allergy in a therapist's practice] 29 Nov 2008
• Promiscuous interaction between gold-specific T cells and APCs in gold allergy. 29 Nov 2008
• Syringotropic hypersensitivity reaction associated with infliximab and leflunomide combination therapy in a child with psoriatic arthritis. 7 Nov 2008

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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+