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Recurrent Anaphylaxis Caused by a Misidentified Drug
- THOMAS M. GOLBERT, M.D.; and
- ROY PATTERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Roy Patterson, M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611.
SUMMARY
Penicillin erroneously dispensed as ascorbic acid caused recurrent anaphylaxis in a patient with a history of penicillin allergy. Diagnosis was delayed by the failure of the patient to admit use of the medication despite persistent questioning about drug ingestion by several examiners. The possibilities and implications of drug misidentification are discussed. In allergic reactions of inapparent cause, all medications, however innocuous their presumed identity might seem, should be evaluated.
Article and Author Information
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From the Section of Allergy-Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill.
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This study was supported by the Ernest S. Bazley Grant to Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital.
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Dr. Golbert was supported in this study by training grant 5 TI AI 57, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.
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- Received September 25, 1967.
- Accepted November 29, 1967.
