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Erythema multiforme and hypersensitivity myocarditis caused by ampicillin

B Z Garty1, I Offer, E Livni

  • 1Kipper Institute of Allergy and Immunology Children's Medical Center of Israel, Beilinson Medical Campus, Petah Tiqva.

Summary

Ampicillin can cause a severe allergic reaction, leading to erythema multiforme and hypersensitivity myocarditis. A positive macrophage-migration inhibition test confirmed ampicillin sensitivity in this case.

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