Beta-lactam antibiotics immediate hypersensitivity reactions

Penicillin G 24 million units/24 h IV in four to six equally divided doses may be used in place of nafcillin or oxacillin if strain is penicillin susceptible (minimum inhibitory concentration 0,1 mcg/mL) and does not produce /5-lactamase vancomycin should be used in patients with immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics (see Table 37-3 for dosing guidelines) cefazolin may be substituted for nafcillin or oxacillin in patients with non-immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions to penicillins... [Pg.421]

Saxon A, Beall GN, Rohr AS, Adelman DC. Immediate hypersensitivity reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics. Ann Intern Med 1987 107 204—15... [Pg.269]

Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists arthralgia, 11.164 sexual function, 15.188 Beta-carotene, see also Vitamin A alcohol, vitamin A, interaction, 24.442 tumorigenicity, 25.454 Beta-lactam antibiotics effects on eukaryotic cells, 13.212 immediate hypersensitivity reactions, 14.211 pregnancy, 25.280 Blood, see Transfusions Botulinum toxin A, use in primary axillary hyperhidrosis, 27.161... [Pg.1117]

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