Anaphylactic Reaction Following the Oral Administration of Penicillin

Lang, Leonard P.; Clagett, Henry

doi:10.1056/nejm195510132531507

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“…Anaphylactic reactions can also occur following the oral administration of penicillin (9). Probably several hundred cases of anaphylaxis have occurred, most frequently following the injection of penicillin; since the incidence of penicillin hypersensitivity in the general popUlation in the United States is JAWETZ near 10 per cent.…”

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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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1956

Annu. Rev. Microbiol.

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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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1956

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“…That the penicillin moiety is culpable is supported, too, by strongly positive skin tests of the immediate type. Anaphylactoid and serum sickness-like reactions may occur when penicillin is given by other routes, particularly orally (Eisenstadter and Hussar, 1954;Lang and Claggett, 1955;Calvert and Smith, 1955). Siegal (1955) states that the strange taste in the mouth accompanying some anaphylactoid reactions may occur even after intracutaneous injections of penicillin.…”

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