Are skin tests useful after benign immediate reactions to beta-lactams in children?

Bouchra Mahjoub¹, Charlotte Marsac¹, Claude Ponvert¹, Christophe Delacourt^{1

2}, Hassan Faour³, Nicolas Garcelon³, Guillaume Lezmi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Service de Pneumologie et Allergologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
² Université ParisCité, Paris, France.
³ Département d'Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.

Bouchra Mahjoub et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;54(6):441-443.

doi: 10.1111/cea.14476. Epub 2024 Mar 18.

Bouchra Mahjoub¹, Charlotte Marsac¹, Claude Ponvert¹, Christophe Delacourt^{1

2}, Hassan Faour³, Nicolas Garcelon³, Guillaume Lezmi^{1

2}

¹ Service de Pneumologie et Allergologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.
² Université ParisCité, Paris, France.
³ Département d'Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: allergy; beta‐lactam; children; drug; hypersensitivity; immediate.

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