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01-10-2007 | Abstracts
Poster Presentations
Authors:
M. L. Iorio, D. Coli, D. Motola, M. Passiu, A. L. Rivolta, A. Russo, A. Conforti
Published in:
Drug Safety
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Issue 10/2007
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Excerpt
Background: Fluoroquinolones are widely used antibacterial drugs considered generally well tolerated and safe. Anaphylaxis is a severe hyper-sensitivity reaction rarely associated with these drugs and it is actually unknown whether its occurrence is different among the various fluoroquinolones. Anaphylaxis can be immune-mediated or not and in this case should be indicated as anaphylactoid reaction and may occur after first-ever intake of the drug. …