Case Report
1 March 2018 / 17 April 2024 by almaware | Leave a Comment
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Piperacillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic of penicillin family. Some penicillins were report-ed as occupational diseases cause, but piperacillin anaphylaxis with occupational sensi-tization is rare. We describe the case of a female nurse with recurrent anaphylaxis in last few months without apparent cause, only in work environment. Latex allergy was excluded after negative latex glove provocation. […]
Original Article
Background. Anaphylaxis is an acute, potentially fatal, multi-organ allergic reac-tion. Our aim was to characterize the population with food induced anaphylaxis followed over a one-year period. Methods. Retrospective analysis of clinical files of patients with food anaphylaxis observed in our food allergy consultation dur-ing 2016. Results. Sixty-two patients were included. In the pediatric group, the […]
Recurrent infections seem to be a common complaint in children who are referred to general practitioners’ and pediatricians’ offices. Detection of primary immunodeficiencies (PID) etiology is very important for achieving appropriate diagnosis and treatment of these patients. The absence of appropriate treatment could lead to subsequent complica-tions, in a hospital inpatient and/or outpatient settings. This […]
Objective. To document the test results of patients referred to our clinic for testing with local anesthetics (LAs) in real life conditions and provide data related to the ne-cessity of these tests. Methods. All consecutive subjects who were referred to be eval-uated for LA allergy during a two-year follow up were included in the analysis. […]
Review
Parthenium dermatitis is a chronic immuno-inflammatory, distressing skin disease and is mediated by activated T-lymphocyte which is primarily manifested on the exposed sites of the face, neck, hand and flexures. Parthenium hysterophorus is ubiquitous, hence it is diffi-cult to avoid the aero-allergenic antigen parthenin , responsible for the contact derma-titis. The pathogenesis of parthenium dermatitis […]