Pretreatment with intravenous H1 and H2 antihistamines permitted rapid vancomycin administration in 89% of treated patients. Although protection was incomplete, rash did not predict a need to stop the rapid infusion of vancomycin in our patients.
Plasma tryptase levels were not significantly elevated in confirmed anaphylactoid reactions, so they can be used to distinguish chemical from immunologic reactions.
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