Emergency Medicine: Open Access

Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7548

Medical Image - (2015) Volume 5, Issue 1

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A Non-Immediate Likely T Cell Mediated Reaction to Amoxicillin

Moshe Ben-Shoshan*
Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*Corresponding Author: Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tel: 514-412-4400(23151), Fax: 514-412-4390 Email:

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A 5 year old girl who was referred to evaluate a possible amoxicillin allergy. About 3 years ago after the 8th day of treatment with amoxicillin, she presented at the emergency room with a diffuse papular rash. This was her second exposure to amoxicillin. The symptoms lasted a few days. There was no involvement of mucosal membranes, no respiratory, gastrointestinal or cardiovascular symptoms Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Drug rash

An amoxicillin challenge done at the clinic did not reveal any immediate response, but 7 days she presented with the rash exemplified in the photo. She did not complain on itchiness and the rash resolved after 5 days.

This is an example of a non-immediate likely T cell mediated reaction to amoxicillin Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Drug rash

Citation: Ben-Shoshan (2015) A Non-Immediate Likely T Cell Mediated Reaction to Amoxicillin. Emerg Med (Los Angel) 5: i103.

Copyright: © 2015 Ben-Shoshan M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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