Abstract
Drug allergy is a common term often used to depict any unexpected and unwanted event or effect that occurs when an individual is taking a specific drug or therapeutic agent. A better, overall term to describe these circumstances would be an adverse reaction to a drug (Table 1).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Suggested Reading
Anderson JA. Allergic reactions to drugs and biological agents. JAMA 1992; 268: 2845–2857.
Anderson JA. Antibiotic drug allergy in children. Curr Opin Pediatr 1994; 6: 656–660.
Anderson JA. Drug desensitization. In: Spector SL, ed. Provocation Testing in Clinical Practice. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1995, pp. 761–783.
Anderson JA. Drug allergy. In: Kaliner M, ed. Current Review of Allergic Diseases. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 1999, pp. 191–202.
Bates DW, et al. eds. Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. JAMA 1995; 274: 29–34.
DeShazo RD. Allergic reactions to drugs and biologic agents. JAMA 1997; 278: 1895–1906.
DeSwarte RD. Drug allergy. In: Patterson R, Grammar LC, Greenberger PA, Zeiss CR, eds. Allergic Diseases—Diagnosis and Management, ed.. 4, Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1993, pp. 395–552.
Lieberman P. Difficult allergic drug reaction. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1991; 11: 213–231.
Macy E, Richter PK, Falkoff R, Zeiger R. Skin testing with penicillote and penilloate prepared by an improved method: Amoxicillin oral challenge in patients with negative skin test responses to penicillin reagents. JAllergy Clin Immunol 1997;100:586–591.
Patterson R, DeSwarte RD, Greenberger PA, Grammar LC. Drug allergy and protocols for management of drug allergies. N Engl Reg Allergy Proc 1986; 7: 325–342.
Sogn D, Evans R, Shepard SM, et al. Results of the MAID collaborative clinical trial to test the predictive value of skin testing with major and minor penicillin derivatives in hospitalized adults. Arch Int Med 1992; 151: 1025–1031.
VanArsdel PP, ed. Drug allergy. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1991; 11: 461–700.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Anderson, J.A. (2000). Allergic and Allergic-Like Reactions to Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents. In: Lieberman, P., Anderson, J.A. (eds) Allergic Diseases. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-007-0_16
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-007-0_16
Publisher Name: Humana Press, Totowa, NJ
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-4477-4
Online ISBN: 978-1-59259-007-0
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive