Cefazolin Hypersensitivity: Toward Optimized Diagnosis

Toward Optimized Multimodal Concept Indexing

Information retrieval on the (social) web moves from a pure term-frequency-based approach to an enhanced method that includes conceptual multimodal features on a semantic level. In this paper, we present an approach for semantic-based keyword search and focus especially on its optimization to scale it to real-world sized collections in the social media domain. Furthermore, we present a faceted ...

Fungal hypersensitivity: pathophysiology, diagnosis, therapy.

Clinical diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

The diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is difficult and often relies on histopathology. Our objective was to identify diagnostic criteria and to develop a clinical prediction rule for this disease. Consecutive patients presenting a condition for which HP was considered in the differential diagnosis underwent a program of simple standardized diagnostic procedures. High-resolution com...

Selective hypersensitivity to cefazolin and contribution of the basophil activation test.

Summary The authors present 2 case reports of selective cefazolin hypersensitivity: a 49 year-old woman with a history of two perioperative reactions (urticaria and severe anaphylaxis) after the use of rocuronium, propophol and cefazolin; a 36 year-old pregnant woman who developed facial erythema, lips angioedema and hypotension immediately after administration of ropivacain, sufentanil, cefazo...

Tolerability of cefazolin after immune-mediated hypersensitivity reactions to nafcillin in the outpatient setting.

The objective of the present study was to assess the safety and tolerability of cefazolin therapy among patients with methicillin-sensitive Gram-positive bacterial infections who develop non-IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) to nafcillin. In this retrospective cohort analysis of the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy program at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 2007 ...