Aminophylline hypersensitivity apparently due to ethylenediamine

✍ Scribed by Charles G Terzian; Pamela A Simon

• Book ID: 104310901
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 219 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80895-9

✦ Synopsis

Asthmatic patients receive multiple drugs as part of their treatment program. When a subsequent allergic reaction occurs, the ethylenediamine component of aminophylline is usually not suspected as the etiologic agent. We present a case of ethylenediamine-induced delayed hypersensitivity reaction in a 46-year-old woman who received parenteral aminophylline for an acute asthma exacerbation. Patch testing for ethylenediamine was positive. [Terzian CG, Simon PA: Aminophylline hypersensitivity apparently due to ethylenediamine.