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 …

Eosinophils are granulocytic leukocytes residing in blood and tissues in the lung, breast,
gastrointestinal and reproductive systems. Eosinophilia is uncommon in healthy individuals …

A panel of experts was convened by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) to
update the 2004 clinical practice guideline on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy …

Background Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is
a rare but severe hypersensitivity reaction that remains poorly characterized in the United …

UK good practice recommendations for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)
were published in 2012 and 2015 for adult and paediatric patients, respectively. Here we …

The goal of this series is to offer a survey of the latest literature for clinicians and scientists
alike, providing a list of important recent advances relevant to the broad field of allergy and …

There is a number of publications evaluating the eosinophil count and the neutrophil-to-
lymphocyte count ratio for diagnosis, prognosis or monitoring of patients. Of special interest …

Background Limited population-based data on penicillin-, carbapenem-, monobactam-, and
clindamycin-associated reported adverse reactions exist. Objective To collect data on …

Hypereosinophilia (HE) is currently defined by a peripheral blood absolute eosinophil count
(AEC) of≥ 1,500 cells/microL. Although mild blood eosinophilia (AEC 500–1,500 …

Background Penicillin allergy is the most commonly reported antibiotic allergy. Avoidance of
β-lactam antibiotics in hospitalized patients leads to the use of second-line therapies …