background : since the introduction of silicone based medical devices in to clinical practice, several reports appeared in the medical literature regarding their adverse effects. however, there are few reports of immunologic reactions to these implants. case presentation : a case of systemic reaction to a breast implant inserted for immediate breast reconstruction in a breast cancer patient is ...

conclusions disseminated bcg infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of infants and young children with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, and history of bcg vaccination. the pcr method has a high positivity rate and can serve as a useful tool for the rapid and specific identification of m. bovis bcg substrain infection. results from the total of 34 children hospit...

RED MAN SYNDROME — The most common adverse reaction to vancomycin is "red man syndrome" (RMS), which also may be called "red neck syndrome." RMS is not thought to involve drug-specific antibodies and may develop even with the first administration of vancomycin. RMS is a form of pseudoallergic drug reaction, or an adverse drug reactions with signs and symptoms that mimic immunologic drug allergi...

A 12-year-old girl, with a previous history of bronchial reaction and contact dermatitis to sodium hypochlorite, was referred for root canal treatment. Complete immunologic evaluation revealed a mild hypersensitivity condition, as it was assessed by the RAST investigation to different allergens and the DTH reactivity expressed though migration inhibition test. The absence of a serious immunolog...

The immunologic interaction between the fetus and the mother is a paradoxical communication that is regulated by fetal antigen presentation and/or by recognition of and reaction to these antigens by the maternal immune system. There have been significant advances in understanding of abnormalities in the maternal-fetal immunologic relationship in the placental bed that can lead to pregnancy diso...

Food allergy is an uncommon and poorly understood disease in the horse. Symptoms can be gastrointestinal, dermatologic, or both. The terminology itself is confusing. The term food allergy implies an immunologic reaction to an ingested substance. Not all food allergies are truly allergic in nature. A better term for the condition would be “adverse reactions to food.” This designation includes im...

FOOD reactions as a cause of illness were recognized as early as the first century B.C. by Lucretius, who observed that "one man's meat is another man's poison." Over the subsequent years it has become obvious that this poison may take the form of infection, toxic reaction, pharmacologic (as in the "Chinese restaurant syndrome" due to monosodium glutamate), enzyme deficiencies (such as lactase)...