Cross sensitivity between ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin for an immediate hypersensitivity reaction
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Cross sensitivity between ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin for an immediate hypersensitivity reaction
Seven years old male child (24 kg weight) diagnosed as a case of sub acute appendicitis treated with ciprofloxacin, immediately developed multiple erythmatous papules. Reaction subsided after withholding ciprofloxacin and treatment with dexamethasone and chlorpheneramine maleate. It was developed again when treated with levofloxacin and subsided after withdrawal. IgE binding at 7(th) position o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0976-500X
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500x.83285