Fatal ampicillin-sulbactam anaphylaxis in a 34-year-old male

Marielle C. Young, MD, MPH; Chantal Lemoine, MD; John J.O. Accarino, MD; Sandra B. Nelson, MD; Jerome C. Crowley, MD, MPH; Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global (Nov 2023)

Fatal ampicillin-sulbactam anaphylaxis in a 34-year-old male

Marielle C. Young, MD, MPH,
Chantal Lemoine, MD,
John J.O. Accarino, MD,
Sandra B. Nelson, MD,
Jerome C. Crowley, MD, MPH,
Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc

Affiliations

Marielle C. Young, MD, MPH: Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
Chantal Lemoine, MD: Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
John J.O. Accarino, MD: Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
Sandra B. Nelson, MD: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
Jerome C. Crowley, MD, MPH: Division of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc: Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Corresponding author: Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, The Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge St, 16th Floor, Boston, MA 02114.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
p. 100136

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A 34-year-old man receiving his first dose of ampicillin-sulbactam for osteomyelitis in a hospital setting experienced fatal drug-induced anaphylaxis.

Published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global

ISSN: 2772-8293 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Immunologic diseases. Allergy
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-allergy-and-clinical-immunology-global

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