Drug Hypersensitivity: Diagnosis, Genetics, and Prevention

TITLE : the genetics of drug hypersensitivity reactions

Diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions.

The present article addresses the advances in the diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions that were discussed in the 4th Drug Hypersensitivity Meeting held in Rome in April 2010. Such reactions can be classified as immediate or nonimmediate according to the time interval between the last drug administration and onset. Immediate reactions occur within 1 hour, and nonimmediate...

The "nocebo effect" in drug hypersensitivity diagnosis

Background Placebo-controlled oral drug provocation tests (DPTs) are an important step in drug hypersensitivity diagnosis. Administration of placebo (an inert sostance not detectable from drug) is recommended to avoid psychological influences on the interpretation of DPT results, however actually little is known about how to deal a reaction to placebo and how to go further with the diagnostic p...

Acute coronary syndromes: pathology, diagnosis, genetics, prevention, and treatment.

Guideline for the diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity reactions

Drug hypersensitivity reactions are unpredictable adverse drug reactions. ey manifest either within 1–6 h following drug intake (immediate reactions) with mild to life-threatening symptoms of anaphylaxis, or several hours to days later (delayed reactions), primarily as exanthematous eruptions. It is not always possible to detect involvement of the immune system (allergy). Waiving diagnostic tes...