3 They have a beta-lactam ring linked to a six-member dihydrothiazine ring 4 with additional side chains at the R1 and R2 location ( Fig. 1 A greater awareness of this in clinical practice would lead to the availability of alternative cephalosporins and prevent unnecessary use of other classes of broad-spectrum antibiotics.Ĭephalosporins were first introduced in the 1960s, 2 and are one of the most commonly used first-line antibiotics. Cross-reactivity within the family is very limited and is more likely to relate to the side chain than the core structure. Given the structural diversity of the cephalosporin family, hypersensitivity is seldom a class effect but is much more likely to relate to the individual drug. To label an individual with a ‘cephalosporin allergy’ is misleading. Records need to be updated after a negative drug challenge. When recording a drug allergy in the patient’s records, it is important to identify the specific drug suspected (or confirmed), along with the date and nature of the adverse reaction. Specialist advice or further investigations may be required when the index reaction was anaphylaxis or a severe cutaneous adverse reaction, or when the antibiotics in question share common side chains. Generally, a history of a penicillin allergy should not rule out the use of cephalosporins, and a history of a specific cephalosporin allergy should not rule out the use of other cephalosporins. Patients should therefore not be labelled ‘cephalosporin-allergic’.Ĭross-reactive allergy may occur between cephalosporins (and penicillins) which share similar side chains. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Penicillins and cephalosporins can cause a similar spectrum of allergic reactions at a similar rate.Ĭross-reactive allergy between penicillins and cephalosporins is rare, as is cross-reaction within the cephalosporin group.
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However, OPT should be performed in case of negativity on skin tests.Ĭross-reactivity drug allergy hypersensitivity proton pump inhibitors skin tests. Fifteen of the 31 patients with a hypersensitivity reaction to lansoprazole had a positive OPT or skin test result with at least one of the alternative PPIs (8/52 pantoprazole, 6/52 omeprazole, 5/52 esomeprazole, 3/52 rabeprazole).Ĭonsidering the high specificity, skin testing seems to be a useful method for the diagnosis of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions to PPIs and for the evaluation of cross-reactivity among PPIs. The sensitivity, specificity, and negative and positive predictive values of the skin tests with PPIs were 58.8%, 100%, 70.8%, and 100%, respectively. The suspected PPIs were lansoprazole (n = 52), esomeprazole (n = 11), pantoprazole (n = 9), rabeprazole (n = 2), and omeprazole (n = 1).
Single-blind, placebo-controlled oral provocation tests (OPTs) with the PPIs other than the culprit PPI that displayed negative results in skin tests (n = 61) and diagnostic OPTs with the suspected PPI (n = 12) were performed.
Standardized skin prick and intradermal tests were carried out with a panel of PPIs. Sixty-five patients with a suggestive history of a PPI-induced immediate hypersensitivity reaction and 30 control subjects were included. The study was designed in a prospective, national, multicentre nature. We aimed to assess the role of skin testing in the diagnosis of PPI-related immediate hypersensitivity reactions and the cross-reactivity patterns among PPIs. Data are limited about the value of skin tests in the diagnosis of proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-induced hypersensitivity reactions and the cross-reactivity between PPIs.
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