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- Title
Safe use of imipenem after delayed hypersensitivity to meropenem—Value of patch tests.
- Authors
Morgado, Francisca; Santiago, Luis; Gonçalo, Margarida
- Abstract
Safe use of imipenem after delayed hypersensitivity to meropenem - Value of patch tests Avoiding a carbapenem can be life-threatening in the absence of an effective alternative, because these drugs are among the few antibiotics effective against an extended spectrum of -lactamase-producing organisms. Our study supports the absence of cross-reactivity in patients with cell-mediated allergy to carbapenems and reinforces that patients with allergy to meropenem should undergo patch test with imipenem and if results are negative there is no contraindication to use this drug.
- Subjects
DELAYED hypersensitivity; DRUG side effects; PHYSIOLOGIC salines
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2020, Vol 82, Issue 3, p190
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cod.13435