Allergists and clinical immunologists around the world are increasingly faced with the task of
addressing drug allergy and hypersensitivity due to the increase in drug reactions …

When questioned, about 10% of the parents report suspected hypersensitivity to at least one
drug in their children. However, only a few of these reactions can be confirmed as allergic …

When drug reactions resembling allergy occur, they are called drug hypersensitivity
reactions (DHR s) before showing the evidence of either drug‐specific antibodies or T cells …

A recent survey of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Drug
Allergy Interest Group (DAIG) on how European allergy specialists deal with beta‐lactam …

Skin tests are of paramount importance for the evaluation of drug hypersensitivity reactions.
Drug skin tests are often not carried out because of lack of concise information on specific …

Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR s) are a matter of great concern, both for outpatient
and in hospital care. The evaluation of these patients is complex, because in vivo tests have …

Perioperative immediate hypersensitivity reactions are rare. Subsequent allergy
investigation is complicated by multiple simultaneous drug exposures, the use of drugs with …

Immediate and nonimmediate hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media (ICM)
have been reported to occur in a frequency of about 0.5%‐3% of patients receiving nonionic …

Controversies exist with regard to in vivo approaches to delayed immunologically mediated
adverse drug reactions, such as exanthem (maculopapular eruption), drug reaction with …

Summary The Standards of Care Committee of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical
Immunology (BSACI) and an expert panel have prepared this guidance for the management …