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Nicholas G Kounis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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coronary stent thrombosis beware of an Allergic Reaction and of kounis syndrome
Indian heart journal, 2014Co-Authors: Nicholas G Kounis, George D SoufrasAbstract:During their everyday practice, physicians are encountering some unexpected, peculiar, bizarre, strange, surprising, extraordinary and astonishing events that need quick explanation and emergency treatment. According to these events, patients with coronary stent implantation who accidentally developed an Allergic Reaction elsewhere in the human body from various causes developed, contemporarily, the much feared intrastent thrombosis. For example, acute myocardial infarction, in the stented area, has coincided with Allergic Reaction following intravenous administration of the non-anionic contrast material iopromide during a routine excretory urography.1 Stent thrombosis has been associated with Allergic symptoms such as glottis edema, cold sweat, and tongue enlargement following a flavonate-propyphenazone administration a week after stent implantation.2 Intrastent thromboses have also been reported following insect and larvae sting-induced Allergic Reactions.3 Late drug eluting stent thrombosis defined as type III variant of Kounis syndrome4 has occurred following an Allergic Reaction to non steroidal anti-inflammatory agent acemetacine.5 The astonishing event is that even an Allergic Reaction to clopidogrel,6 the drug that is given to prevent stent thrombosis, itself has induced stent thrombosis! An additional report published in Indian Heart Journal7 was referred to a 60-year-old male patient with stent implantation for critical left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis who developed stent thrombosis following a snake bite. This patient was thrombolysed and his coronary angiogram, 5 days later, revealed patent stent with TIMI III flow and no evidence of thrombus. All above reports were concerning patients who were receiving multiple medications, known to induce Allergic Reactions, following stent implantation. Therefore, one can assume that stents, like magnet, attract inflammatory cells and constitute the area of possible mast cell and platelet activation.
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kounis syndrome a manifestation of drug eluting stent thrombosis associated with Allergic Reaction to contrast material
International Journal of Cardiology, 2010Co-Authors: John S Kogias, Maria Batsolaki, Georgia V Gouveloudeligianni, Emmanouil Papadakis, Constantinos G Tsatiris, George Hahalis, George N Kounis, Andreas Mazarakis, Nicholas G KounisAbstract:Stent components acting as potential antigens and promoting intracoronary mast cell activation can lead to catastrophic intrastent thrombosis. Patients with drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation are prone to hypersensitivity Reactions from five potential antigens namely, nickel strut, polymer coating, eluted drug, as well as, concomitant drugs clopidogrel and aspirin. These events may be more common than suspected because it is hard to document them, unless they become systemic, in which case they manifest themselves as the Kounis syndrome characterized by the concurrence of acute coronary events with hypersensitivity Reactions. This report concerns of a patient with implanted DES who developed an acute myocardial infarction in the stent area following an Allergic Reaction to contrast material.
Christophe Baudouin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Allergic Reaction to topical eyedrops
Current Opinion in Internal Medicine, 2005Co-Authors: Christophe BaudouinAbstract:Purpose of review To examine recently published papers dealing with drug-induced Allergic Reactions. As allergy is only one possible mechanism, this review was extended to all reports or studies describing Allergic, inflammatory or toxic effects related to eyedrops since 2004. Recent findings These studies were first classified into clinical reports or surveys, experimental works and biological studies showing drug-induced effects on the ocular surface or eyelids. Studies aimed at determining the role of preservatives or comparing preservative-free and preserved eyedrops were further analysed separately. Summary Reports on Allergic or toxic Reactions of eyedrops are published repeatedly. The reports raising the most important issues are those concerning antiglaucoma drugs. They consistently describe inflammatory Reactions at the conjunctival level, with strong evidence that preservative is a major source of toxicity for the ocular surface.
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Allergic Reaction to topical eyedrops
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2005Co-Authors: Christophe BaudouinAbstract:Purpose of reviewTo examine recently published papers dealing with drug-induced Allergic Reactions. As allergy is only one possible mechanism, this review was extended to all reports or studies describing Allergic, inflammatory or toxic effects related to eyedrops since 2004.Recent findingsThese stu
Dan Pettitt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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absence of cross reactivity between sulfonamide antibiotics and sulfonamide nonantibiotics
The New England Journal of Medicine, 2003Co-Authors: Brian L Strom, Rita Schinnar, Andrea J Apter, Ebbing Lautenbach, David J. Margolis, Warren B Bilker, Sean Hennessy, Dan PettittAbstract:background The safety of sulfonamide nonantibiotics is unclear in patients with prior Allergic Reactions to sulfonamide antibiotics. methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the General Practice Research Database in the United Kingdom, examining the risk of Allergic Reactions within 30 days after the receipt of a sulfonamide nonantibiotic. Patients with evidence of prior hypersensitivity after the receipt of a sulfonamide antibiotic were compared with those without such evidence. Similar analyses were also performed with the use of penicillins instead of sulfonamides, to determine whether any risk was specific to sulfonamide cross-reactivity. results Of 969 patients with an Allergic Reaction after a sulfonamide antibiotic, 96 (9.9 percent) had an Allergic Reaction after subsequently receiving a sulfonamide nonantibiotic. Of 19,257 who had no Allergic Reaction after a sulfonamide antibiotic, 315 (1.6 percent) had an Allergic Reaction after receiving a sulfonamide nonantibiotic (adjusted odds ratio, 2.8; 95 percent confidence interval, 2.1 to 3.7). However, the risk of Allergic Reactions was even greater after the receipt of a penicillin among patients with a prior hypersensitivity Reaction to a sulfonamide antibiotic, as compared with patients with no such history (adjusted odds ratio, 3.9; 95 percent confidence interval, 3.5 to 4.3). Furthermore, among those with a prior hypersensitivity Reaction after the receipt of a sulfonamide antibiotic, the risk of an Allergic Reaction after the subsequent receipt of a sulfonamide nonantibiotic was lower than the risk of an Allergic Reaction after the subsequent receipt of a penicillin (adjusted odds ratio, 0.7; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.5 to 0.9). Finally, the risk of an Allergic Reaction after the receipt of a sulfonamide nonantibiotic was lower among patients with a history of hypersensitivity to sulfonamide antibiotics than among patients with a history of hypersensitivity to penicillins (adjusted odds ratio, 0.6; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.5 to 0.8). conclusions There is an association between hypersensitivity after the receipt of sulfonamide antibiotics and a subsequent Allergic Reaction after the receipt of a sulfonamide nonantibiotic, but this association appears to be due to a predisposition to Allergic Reactions rather than to cross-reactivity with sulfonamide-based drugs.
Corey Raffel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Allergic Reaction to a bovine dural substitute following spinal cord untethering case report
Journal of Neurosurgery, 2008Co-Authors: Caterina Giannini, Corey RaffelAbstract:✓Bovine tissues are now routinely used for dural closure in cranial and spinal surgery. The authors report the case of an 18-year-old woman with a history of myelomeningocele who had symptoms of tethered cord syndrome and presented to a regional hospital. At that hospital she underwent a cord untethering procedure. The spinal dura was closed with Durepair, a dural substitute derived from fetal bovine skin. Her postoperative course was complicated by a cerebrospinal fluid leak that was surgically repaired. Following this, she developed erythroderma, intermittent fevers, eosinophilia, and marked elevation in serum immunoglobulin E. She was then transferred to the authors' institution. A skin antigen test to beef was administered, which revealed a positive Reaction. A radioallergosorbent test to beef also yielded positive results. She was taken to the operating room for removal of the bovine graft due to concern for an Allergic Reaction to the graft. The graft material showed evidence of eosinophilic infiltr...
Frances J Storrs - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Allergic patch test Reactions associated with cosmetics retrospective analysis of cross sectional data from the north american contact dermatitis group 2001 2004
Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology, 2009Co-Authors: Erin M Warshaw, Heather J Buchholz, Donald V Belsito, Howard I Maibach, Joseph F Fowler, Robert L Rietschel, C Toby G Mathias, Melanie D Pratt, Denis Sasseville, Frances J StorrsAbstract:Background Allergy to cosmetics is common. Objectives We sought to characterize patients with positive patch test Reactions associated with a cosmetic source, to identify common allergens; and to explore gender and occupational associations. Methods We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. Results Of 6621 female and 3440 male patients, 1582 female (23.8%) and 611 of male (17.8%) patients had at least one Allergic patch test Reaction associated with a cosmetic source. Of “Allergic” patients (>1 Allergic Reaction, n = 6815), females were 1.21 times more likely to have an Allergic Reaction associated with a cosmetic source than were male patients (p Limitations This study is limited by its cross-sectional, retrospective design. Conclusion Of all patients studied, 21.8% had an Allergic Reaction associated with a cosmetic. Site of dermatitis, cosmetic categories, and specific allergens differed somewhat by gender.
