Drug allergy by Samira Jeimy, Tiffany Wong, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Ana Maria Copaescu, Ghislaine A. C. Isabwe, Anne K. Ellis

“…The most effective strategy for the management of allergist-confirmed drug allergy is avoidance or discontinuation of the offending drug. …”
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningoencephalitis and Cerebral Abscess in a Heart Transplant Recipient by Paul C. Adjei

“…Desensitization to ampicillin failed because ampicillin was too unstable per the allergist. He was therefore treated with penicillin monotherapy for eight weeks with complete resolution of his brain lesions and without any residual neurologic deficits.…”
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Chronic Urticaria: Indian Context—Challenges and Treatment Options by Sujoy Khan, Anirban Maitra, Pravin Hissaria, Sitesh Roy, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Nalin Nag, Harpal Singh

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Biphasic anaphylaxis in a Canadian tertiary care centre: an evaluation of incidence and risk factors from electronic health records and telephone interviews by Anne K. Ellis, Lubnaa Hossenbaccus, Sophia Linton, Hannah Botting, Eman Badawod, Alyssa Burrows, Sarah Garvey

“…Patients were contacted sometime after ED discharge to obtain consent and confirm symptoms and timing of the reaction. A trained allergist determined if criteria for anaphylaxis were met and categorized the reactions as being uniphasic, biphasic, or non-anaphylactic biphasic. …”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…Beneficiaries receiving sIgE tests had only 1.8 fewer allergist visits than those with skin prick tests only (0.8 vs 2.6). …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Guidelines for Occupational Asthma by Susan M Tarlo, Louis-Philippe Boulet, André Cartier, Donald Cockcroft, Johanne Côtè, Frederick E Hargreave, Linn Holness, Gary Liss, Jean-Luc Malo, Moira Chan-Yeung

“…OBJECTIVE: To provide broad guidelines and principles to help primary care physicians, occupational physicians, allergists and respirologists with the recognition, diagnosis and management of patients with occupational asthma (OA).…”
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Position of the Anaphylaxis, Insect Venom Allergy and Mastocytosis Section of the Polish Society of Allergology regarding the principles of diagnosing hypersensitivity to Hymenopte... by Marita Nittner-Marszalska, Marek Niedoszytko, Ewa Cichocka-Jarosz, Andrzej Bożek, Iwona Poziomkowska-Gęsicka, Radoslaw Gawlik, Marta Chełmińska

“…This requires cooperation between primary care physicians, allergists working in allergy clinics and hospital wards. …”
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Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Chronic Urticaria by Mohleen Kang, Nitasha Bhatia, Adrienne Sauder, Mirela Feurdean

“…Primary Care physicians, dermatologists, and allergists must maintain a high index of suspicion for cutaneous manifestations of lymphoma, especially if the skin lesions are refractory to standard treatment. …”
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MOUTH BREATHING SYNDROM-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH by Iasmina-Alexandra Predescu, Andreea Mihaela Kiș, Dana Emanuela Pitic, Alina Anton, Ștefania Dinu, Mariana Păcurar, Eugen Bud, Ramona Amina Popovici, Mălina Popa, Iustin Olariu

“…Conclusions Through collaboration between otolaryngologists, orthodontists, dentists, speech therapists, allergists and other specialists, optimal results can be achieved, improving the general health, craniofacial development and quality of life of patients.…”
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Cost‐of‐illness analysis of chronic urticaria clinical management in five countries of Latin America by Jorge Sánchez, Leidy Álvarez, José Ignacio Larco, Luis Ensina, Guillermo Guidos‐Fogelbach, Cesar A. Reyes‐López, German D. Ramon, Karla Robles‐Velasco, Ivan Cherrez‐Ojeda

“…To determine the frequency of medical interventions as well as clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of CSU patients, questionnaires were administered to patients, primary care physicians, allergists, and dermatologists. In each country, diagnostics and therapeutic expenses were calculated by reviewing medical records, health insurance, and interviews. …”
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