Correlation of penicillin allergy and HLA-DRB genetic polymorphism / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Aim To explore the correlationship of allergy to penicillin and HLA-DRB genetic polymorphism.Methods Sequence specific primer-polymerase chain reaction(PCR-SSP)was used to type for human leucocyte antigen-DBR(HLA-DRB)alleles in 77 patients with allergy to penicillin and 87 healthy subjects without any allergic reactions.Results Compared with control subjects,a significantly increased frequency of DR9 was present in 77 patients with allergic reactions(11.04% vs 4.02%,RR=3.24,P