Unlabelled: Antibiotic allergy is a big problem that may affect the treatment and life quality of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Aim: To evaluate predictive factors for confirmed antibiotic hypersensitivity in children with CF.
Methods: In this case-controlled study, we examined 15 patients with CF who had been confirmed with antibiotic allergy. Additionally, we included a control group of age- and gender-matched 45 CF patients with no antibiotic allergy. The diagnosis of antibiotic allergy was confirmed in the presence of a compatible history and a positive response in the drug skin test or provocation test. Multiple drug hypersensitivity was classified according to the temporal relationship of antibiotics: (i) distant, (ii) simultaneous, and (iii) sequential. The data were analyzed by conditional logistic regression.
Results: β-lactam allergy was confirmed in eight patients (ceftazidime n = 5, piperacillin-tazobactam n = 3) and non-β-lactam allergy was confirmed in two patients (ciprofloxacin n = 1, azithromycin n = 1). Additionally, multiple drug hypersensitivity in five patients (distant n = 4, sequential n = 1), among whom two patients showed hypersensitivity against ceftazidime/piperacillin-tazobactam+ ciprofloxacin/levofloxacin, two patients showed hypersensitivity against ceftazidime+ ciprofloxacin n = 2, and one patient showed hypersensitivity against piperacillin-tazobactam+ amikacin+ trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. All patients (n = 13) with confirmed β-lactam allergy were meropenem tolerant. Multivariate analysis indicated that immediate reactions (, p < 0.001) and allergic evaluation in the first six months after the reaction (p = 0.036) were significant risk factors for the prediction of antibiotic hypersensitivity.
Conclusion: Beta-lactam antibiotic allergy is the most commonly confirmed drug allergy in children with CF. However, unlike normal children, ceftazidime and piperacillin-tazobactam account for the majority.
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