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ReviewThe World Allergy Organization journal2024

How to manage drug-virus interplay underlying skin eruptions in children.

Francesca Mori, Giulia Liccioli, Leonardo Tomei, Simona Barni, Mattia Giovannini, Lucrezia Sarti, Benedetta Pessina, María José Torres

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Review in The World Allergy Organization journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Drug Allergy Risk Stratification in Children With Immediate or Delayed Urticaria During Antibiotic Treatment.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesca MoriAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Giulia LiccioliAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Leonardo TomeiAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Simona BarniAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Mattia GiovanniniAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Lucrezia SartiAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
Benedetta PessinaAllergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
María José TorresAllergy Unit, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga-UMA-ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain.
Meyer Children's Hospital · ITHospital Regional Universitario de Málaga · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of viral rashes occurring during an antibiotic therapy are considered as a drug hypersensitivity reaction (DHR). Differentiating a viral rash versus a DHR is difficult or even impossible. In delayed DHRs the interplay between viruses and drugs is summarized according to the recent literature. The question is if the same reaction will again occur in case of drug re-exposure in absence of the concomitant viral infection because of persistent immune reactivity. Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and Human Herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) models are analyzed in case of maculopapular exanthemas (MPEs) and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) over a course of drug therapy. MPEs are the most common skin manifestation during a viral infection and a concomitant drug therapy. In type IVb reactions to drugs a hapten/pro-hapten mechanism and a pharmacological interaction (p-i mechanism) are described as the 2 major ways to make T cells response functional. Rarely the altered repertoire model is involved. The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) predisposition is an additional essential factor that can facilitate DHR. In MPEs rarely a DHR is confirmed by allergy testing. Severity and duration of MPEs, the presence of eosinophilia and systemic symptoms make more reliable the persistent nature of the reaction. Research on this topic is needed in order to provide the clinicians with instruments to decide when to suspect future reactions upon drug re-exposure even in the absence of a viral infection, because those patients should be investigated by a complete drug allergy work up.

Indexed as

ChildrenDrug hypersensitivityMaculopapular exanthemaPediatricsSkin eruptionViral exanthema

Identifiers

PMID38361746
PMCPMC10864808
OpenAlexW4391667518

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