To investigate the causes and the clinical characteristics of iatrogenic allergy at the Department of allergy and clinical immunology in BachMai Hospital

ABSTRACT

At the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bach Mai Hospital in 1981-2003 year period, 1.728 patients with drug allergy and a controll group including 143 healthy students without allergic history were enrolled into study. Almost drug had been used in consultative clinic could make allergic reaction. 128 type of medicines could make diverse allergic reactions on 1.728 patients. Among 27 groups of medicine, antibiotics were the main caused with 72.4%. The main clinical symptoms of drug allergy in 615 inpatients were itchi, fever, dizzi, uncomfortable feeling and urticaria and some dangerous symdroms as Stevens-Johnson and Lyell syndrome.