Immunoglobulin E-mediated hypersensitivity reaction after intraperitoneal administration of vancomycin

• Main Authors: Mun-Ju Hwang (Author), Jun-Young Do (Author), Eun-Woo Choi (Author), Joon-Hyuk Seo (Author), Yoon-Jung Nam (Author), Kyung-Woo Yoon (Author), Jong-Won Park (Author), Kyu-Hyang Cho (Author), Seok-Hui Kang (Author), Hyun-Jung Jin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intraperitoneal (IP) vancomycin is widely used to treat Gram-positive peritonitis associated with peritoneal dialysis. There have been two cases of red man syndrome (RMS), a vancomycin-specific nonimmunologic reaction, associated with IP vancomycin. However, immune-mediated hypersensitivity reaction...