Mohsenzadeh, Azam and Movahedi*, Masume and Saatchi, Mohammad and Parvaneh, Nima (2020) Serum sickness-like reactions in Iranian children: a registry-based study in a referral center. Allergologia et Immunopathologia.
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Considering that no studies have been done on a comprehensive review of Serum sickness-like reactions patients (SSLRs) at a referral center in Iran so far, this study aimed to determine the clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with SSRL in Tehran Children’s Medical Center. Patients The present study was a registry-based study in which the data of 94 SSLRs patients registered in a two-year period were investigated. Confirmation of fever, rash, urticaria, arthralgia / arthritis and history of antibiotic consumption up to three weeks before were the criteria for the diagnosis. Results Fifty-one (54 %) patients were male with mean age of 56 ± 30 months and there was no significant difference in the age of the two genders. The mean onset of symptoms before hospitalization were 3.8 ± 2.7 days (1–14 days); this mean was significantly higher in males than in females (4.6 ± 2.9 versus 2.9 ± 1.7 days, P-value = 0.003). Among antibiotics, Co-amoxiclav and Cefixime antibiotics had the most frequency by 31 % and 33 %, respectively as the most important incidence factor of SSLRs. The mean duration of consumption of culprit medications in the incidence of SSLRs was 5.6 ± 2.9 days with a range of 1–15 days. Conclusions This study showed that among the antibiotics, Co-amoxiclav and Cefixime are more prevalent and a review of prescribing these two antibiotics for the treatment of the children’s infections is essential if this finding is confirmed by other Iranian scholars.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | samira sepahvandy |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2020 05:39 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2020 05:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/2237 |
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