Skin reaction to inhaled tiotropium bromide: a case report

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العنوان: Skin reaction to inhaled tiotropium bromide: a case report
المؤلفون: Incorvaia, Cristoforo, Fuiano, Nicola, Megali, Raffaella, Riario-Sforza, Gian
بيانات النشر: BioMed Central Ltd.
سنة النشر: 2011
المجموعة: BioMed Central
الوصف: Introduction Systemic reactions to inhaled drugs are rare. To the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of generalized itching related to the use of tiotropium bromide, a long acting inhaled anti-cholinergic agent commonly used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Case presentation A 78-year-old Caucasian woman was referred to our facility for allergological evaluation. Our patient had been treated twice with tiotropium for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had experienced an allergic reaction with itching. We performed a double-blind placebo-controlled inhalation challenge for our patient with tiotropium and a placebo. Inhalation tests yielded positive results for tiotropium and negative results for the placebo. The results of a skin prick test with tiotropium were negative. Conclusions These findings reveal that tiotropium may elicit immediate skin allergic reactions. The negative result from the skin test suggests that such a reaction is not immunoglobulin E-mediated.
نوع الوثيقة: report
اللغة: English
Relation: http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/119
الاتاحة: http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/119
Rights: Copyright 2011 Incorvaia et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.3328D307
قاعدة البيانات: BASE