Allergic drug reactions

[Allergic drug reactions].

OBJECTIVE This review addresses the most recent published literature regarding drug allergy, in order to provide physicians with a background for a better understanding of this problem of great relevance for public health. SOURCES OF DATA The sources of data for obtaining the original and review articles published in the last 10 years were MEDLINE, Pubmed and Lilacs. The articles chosen for t...

allergic drug reactions: a cross sectional study

results: a total number of 117 patients were evaluated for adverse drug reactions, among them, 97 (82.9%) were considered to have immunological drug reactions. the most common symptoms of allergic drug reactions were morbilliform eruptions, serum sickness, dress (drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms), and toxic epidermal necrolysis. in 62 patients, anticonvulsant drugs had the prom...

Role of T cells in nonimmediate allergic drug reactions.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review presents the current knowledge of the role of T cells in drug allergy manifesting as exanthematous, pustular and bullous skin diseases, collectively referred to as nonimmediate allergic drug reactions. RECENT FINDINGS Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells producing type 1 and type 2 cytokines and endowed with cytotoxic properties are involved in nonimmediate allergic drug r...

Allergic reactions to drugs.

[Allergic reactions to food].

Food allergy is common disease that affects 11-26 million people in Europe. The incidence is estimated to be greater in children (5-8%) than the in adults (1-3%). Currently, the mechanisms of food allergy are not well characterized. There are a lot of open questions, for example: "Why do some individuals develop allergy to food? Why is some food more allergenic than other? Why do some children ...