Vancomycin hypersensitivity diagnosed by lymphocyte blast transformation

Case Rep Pediatr. 2011:2011:562620. doi: 10.1155/2011/562620. Epub 2011 Nov 24.

Abstract

A 15-year-old male admitted for Pott's puffy tumor developed recurrent episodes of fever, diffuse morbilliform rash, eosinophilia, and tubulointerstitial nephritis while on multiple antibiotics. Lymphocyte blast transformation (LBT), a method of detecting cellular immune response by measuring levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), was used to diagnose vancomycin hypersensitivity and guide antibiotic selection.

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