[Allergic side-effects of antimicrobial chemotherapy and possibilities in their diagnosis]

In antimicrobial chemotherapy the allergic reactions are in the first place of the side-effects appearing. The most frequent cause of the iatrogenic contact eczema antimycotics and chloramphenicol are to be taken into consideration. Penicillin and its derivations and chloramphenicol form the main proportion of the allergic in systematic administration. The serologico-nephelometric two-step-method and the lymphocyte transformation test are useful methods for the diagnostics of drug allergies. In a use adequate to indication they are valuable adjuvants in the hand of the clinician.