ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO SULFONAMIDE AND ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS
Authors: F C LOWELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 August 1955ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO SULFONAMIDE AND ANTIBIOTIC DRUGSFRANCIS C. LOWELL, M.D.FRANCIS C. LOWELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-2-333 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIf, indeed, the age of chemotherapy is only in its beginnings, we may certainly expect to see increasing numbers of reactions to drugs, and we can also anticipate an increasing demand for clarification of the mechanisms which underlie such reactions,—mechanisms now explained by analogy with immunologic principles for the most part established for substances other than drugs and almost exclusively in animals. The need for clarification of these problems as they arise in man warrants far more investigative effort than has been devoted to them so far.The subject of allergy to drugs in general has been reviewed in some...Bibliography1. Carr EA: Allergy to drugs, New England J. Med. 245: 892-900 (Dec. 6); 935-940 (Dec. 13) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Carr EA: Drug allergy, Pharmacol. Rev. 6: 365-413 (Dec.) 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Meyler L: Side effects of drugs, 1952, Elsevier Publishing Co., New York. Google Scholar4. Alexander HL: Reactions with drug therapy, 1955, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Communication from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration, Washington 25, D. C. Google Scholar6. LivingoodPillsbury CSDM: Sulfathiazole in eczematous pyoderma, J. A. M. A. 121: 406 (Feb. 6) 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. 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