Open AccessA Systematic Review: Can One Prescribe Carbapenems to Patients With IgE-Mediated Allergy to Penicillins or Cephalosporins?
Author(s) -
Brittany Kula,
Gordana Djordjević,
Joan Robinson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu587
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , cephalosporin , immunoglobulin e , incidence (geometry) , allergy , carbapenem , immunology , antibiotics , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics , biology
Cross-reactivity between penicillins or cephalosporins and carbapenems is anticipated as all have a beta lactam ring. However, the true incidence of immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated cross-reactivity is not known.
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