Diseases

Drug Hypersensitivity

Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Allergy, Drug
  • Drug Allergy
  • Hypersensitivity, Drug
  • Allergies, Drug
  • Drug Allergies
  • Drug Hypersensitivities
  • Hypersensitivities, Drug

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

use in conventional sense and not for allergy to every category D term; allergy to non-drug chemical substance=substance /ad eff + HYPERSENSITIVITY or its specifics /etiol

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History Note

66; was DRUG ALLERGY 1963-65

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NLM Classification

QW 906

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Hypersensitivity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004342
  2. Drug Hypersensitivity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_allergy
  3. Drug Hypersensitivity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068896