Hypersensitivity reactions to rituximab: 53 successful desensitizations in 7 patients with severe, near-fatal reactions

J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Sep-Oct;4(5):1000-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 Jun 18.

Authors

Eyal Lebel¹, Dina Ben-Yehuda², Emilie Bohbot², Zvi Dranitzki², Meir Shalit², Yuval Tal³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Electronic address: yuvalt@hadassah.org.il.

PMID: 27329468
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.05.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological / adverse effects*
Desensitization, Immunologic / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Hypersensitivity / therapy*
Female
Humans
Immunologic Factors / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Rituximab / adverse effects*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Immunologic Factors
Rituximab