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Título: | Drug Provocation Tests to Betalactam Antibiotics: Experience in a Paediatric Setting |
Autor: | Chambel, M Carreiro-Martins, P Silva, I Palma Carlos, S Romeira, AM Leiria-Pinto, P |
Palavras-chave: | Betalactam Penicilina Criança Hipersensibilidade HDE ALER |
Data: | 2010 |
Editora: | Elsevier Espanã |
Citação: | Allergol Immunopathol(Madr).2010;38(6):300–306 |
Resumo: | Background: Few studies have been performed in children withs uspected betalactam allergy.We aimed to assess the role of the drug provocation test(DPT)with betalactams in a paediatric setting and to study the association between allergy to betalactam antibiotics and other allergic diseases. Methods:We included all the patients under 15 years old who were consecutively referred to the Immunoallergy Department, Dona Estefânia Hospital,Portugal(January 2002 to April 2008)for a compatible history of allergic reaction to betalactam. All were submitted to a DPT.Children were proposed to performs kintests(ST)to betalactam antibiotics followed by DPT. If they decline ST,a DPT with the culprit drug was performed. Results: We studied 161 children,60%were boys,with a median age of 5years old at the time of the DPT.Thirty-three patients(20.5%)had an immediate reaction and 33(20.5%)a non-immediate reaction. These verity of there porte dreactions was low in most cases. Skin tests to betalactams were performed in 47 children and were positive in 8.DPT was positive inonlyone(3.4%)of the patients skin tested and in 11(13.4%)of those not skin tested. These verity of the DPT reaction was low.Asthma and food allergy were associated with a positive DPT in the later group. Conclusions: DPT seems a safe procedure even in the absence of ST in non-severe cases. This could be a practical optionin infants and pre-school children,where ST are painful and difficult to perform.Additional caution should be taken in children with asthma and food allergy. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/881 |
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