학술논문

High prevalence of antibiotic allergies in cladribine-treated patients with hairy cell leukemia – lessons for immunopathogenesis and prescribing.
Document Type
Article
Source
Leukemia & Lymphoma. Dec2019, Vol. 60 Issue 14, p3455-3460. 6p.
Subject
*LEUKEMIA
*ALLERGIES
*HEMATOLOGIC malignancies
*DISEASE prevalence
*ANTIBIOTICS
Language
ISSN
1042-8194
Abstract
The relationship between hematological malignancy and chemotherapy on the prevalence of antibiotic allergy label (AAL) is ill-defined. We performed a multicenter retrospective case-control study comparing AAL rates among cladribine-treated hairy cell leukemia (C-HCL) cases, non-HCL cladribine-treated controls (control-1), and fludarabine-treated controls (control-2). The prevalence of AALs in C-HCL patients was 60%, compared with control-1 (14%, p <.01) and control-2 patients (25%, p <.01). The predominant phenotype was maculopapular exanthem (92%). The drugs implicated in AAL causality in C-HCL patients included beta-lactams (81%), trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (58%), and allopurinol (69%). C-HCL patients demonstrate high rates of AAL, potentially due to immune dysregulation, impacting beta-lactam utilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]