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- Title
Anaphylactic reaction following administration of nose drops containing benzalkonium chloride.
- Authors
Mezger, Elke; Wendler, Olaf; Mayr, Susanne; Bozzato, Alessandro
- Abstract
We describe a case of anaphylactic reaction in a 46-year-old female post application of decongestant nose drops containing benzalkonium chloride (BAC). With some latency, the patient complained of cough, dyspnea, sensation of heat, croakiness and pruritus. Since she showed all of these symptoms, typical of an anaphylactic reaction, we proceeded some weeks later with a prick test with solutions containing BAC, a cationic surfactant commonly used as an antibacterial preservative in many medical solutions. The prick test was positive, confirming the assumption of a hypersensitive reaction to BAC.
- Subjects
ANAPHYLAXIS; ALLERGIES; BENZALKONIUM chloride; ANTIBACTERIAL agents; DRUG therapy; BACTERIAL diseases
- Publication
Head & Face Medicine, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
1746-160X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1746-160X-8-29