Pharmacy (Oct 2018)

Teicoplanin-Induced Anaphylactic Reaction in Children: A Case Report

  • Godwin Oligbu,
  • Leila Ahmed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy6040110
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
p. 110

Abstract

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Teicoplanin is now increasingly used as a first-line prophylactic therapy for major surgical procedures, treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and for those with reported penicillin allergy. Teicoplanin is rarely associated with anaphylaxis and there is limited information on the prevalence of teicoplanin-induced perioperative anaphylaxis. Here, we describe a case of a 12-year-old child with teicoplanin-induced anaphylaxis peri-operatively.

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