Drug Hypersensitivity - Physiopathology
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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...

Unmet needs in severe chronic upper airway disease (SCUAD).

3 Aug 2009 Although the majority of patients with chronic upper airway diseases have controlled symptoms during treatment, many patients have severe chronic upper airway diseases (SCUADs). SCUAD defines those patients whose symptoms are inadequately controlled ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Hypersensitivity - Physiopathology'

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
• Unmet needs in severe chronic upper airway disease (SCUAD). 3 Aug 2009
• Rapid desensitization for hypersensitivity reactions to medications. 30 Jul 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
• Heparin allergy: delayed-type non-IgE-mediated allergic hypersensitivity to subcutaneous heparin injection. 30 Jul 2009
• Approach to the patient with drug allergy. 30 Jul 2009
• Complete atrioventricular block associated with dapsone therapy: a rare complication of dapsone-induced hypersensitivity syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Calculating the prevalence of atopy in children. 21 Jul 2009
• Lack of association of ALOX12 and ALOX15 polymorphisms with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease in Korean patients. 29 Jun 2009
• The investigation of bronchospasm during induction of anaesthesia. 28 Jun 2009
• Urticarial vasculitis: etiologies and clinical course. 30 May 2009
• [Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome and lamotrigine-associated anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome] 9 Apr 2009
• [Hypersensitivity reaction and Chinese heparin] 3 Apr 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
• The acceptability of a four-part protocol for penicillin allergy testing by practicing allergists. 27 Feb 2009
• Viral connection between drug rashes and autoimmune diseases: how autoimmune responses are generated after resolution of drug rashes. 21 Feb 2009
• Dimenhydrinate-induced fixed drug eruption in a patient who tolerated other antihistamines. 30 Dec 2008
• Therapeutic alternatives in a patient with DRESS syndrome induced by allopurinol. 30 Dec 2008
• Severe immunoglobulin E-mediated anaphylaxis to intravenous methylprednisolone succinate in a patient who tolerated oral methylprednisolone. 30 Dec 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+