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AdDRESSing T-cell responses to antituberculous drugs
In this issue of the BJD, Ye et al.1 present data on T-cell-specific responses in patients with antituberculosis drug (ATD)-induced maculopapular exanthema (MPE) and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). Understanding these responses helps further our knowledge of the immunopathogenesis of antituberculous hypersensitivity, and ideally it would be translated into diagnos...
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Usage of cancer chemotherapeutics drugs can be associated with adverse drug reactions. When IgE-mediated drug reactions are formed following administration of a chemotherapeutic drug that is a drug of choice, drug desensitization protocols can be helpful. Hypersensitivity reactions can be allergic or nonallergic, but the clinical manifestations are similar. Rapid drug desensitization (RDD) is e...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5381.502