Drug allergy and pollinosis. A short report.
2 series of patients with pollinosis and drug allergy studied 10 years apart and comprising 115 cases are presented. In both series grass pollens and parietaria are as usual the most common cause of pollinosis but Parietaria was more common in the first series. Beta-lactams were the major cause of drug allergy in the first group, supersed by NSAID in the second group. Rhinitis was the more frequent symptom on pollinosis and urticaria/angioedema on drug allergy.
Palma-Carlos
A G
AG
Clinical Allergy Immunology Center, CAIC, Lisbon, Portugal. a-g-palma-carlos@clix.pt
Clode
M H
MH
Ferreira
A Marques
AM
Palma-Carlos
M L
ML
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D047090:beta-Lactams / Q000009:adverse effects
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D047090:beta-Lactams