title: [Allergy-immunology. Do we have to be afraid of biological agents?].
abstract: Biologicals are now fully part of our daily therapeutic strategies. However, even if their high specificity seems to induce less risk compared to older or classical immunosuppressive drugs, there are not harmless especially regarding infectious but also immunological and allergic issues. Recent attempts to better characterize the different types of reactions to biologicals should be reported, allowing us better understanding of the risk to maintain these therapies or defining how to improve the methods to use them.
authors.affiliation: Service d'immunologie et d'allergie, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. pierre-alexandre.bart@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Pierre-Alexandre
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bart
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001688:Biological Products