Título

Self-report prevalence and associated factors to drug hypersensitivity in Mexican young adults

Autor

MARTIN BEDOLLA BARAJAS

CECILIA PUENTE FERNANDEZ

MIRIAM VERONICA FLORES MERINO

JAIME MORALES ROMERO

MA VICTORIA DOMINGUEZ GARCIA

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Resumen o descripción

Background: Drug hypersensitivity is defined as any unfavorable reaction that occurs after the administration of any drug. It may

or may not be mediated by the involvement of the immune system. Epidemiological data related to drug hypersensitivity reactions

in our country are scarce.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of drug hypersensitivity in a group of young adults, as well as to identify associated

factors.

Methods: A structured questionnaire was applied to young people aged 18 to 25 years. The instrument was oriented to identify

reactions of drug hypersensitivity, as well as the most prevalent drugs involved. In addition, a personal and family history of atopic

diseases was included. Analysis for associations between variables was been done through logistic regression.

Results: The prevalence of drug hypersensitivity reactions was 12% (144 of 1,200). The antibiotics were the agents most related

to hypersensitivity reactions (9.8%) followed by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (1.6%). Factors associated with drug

hypersensitivity were a personal history of asthma, odds ratio (OR) 3.15 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.44–6.91), maternal and

paternal history of drug hypersensitivity, OR 2.33 (95% CI, 1.21–4.48) and OR 3.11 (95% CI, 1.22–7.92), respectively.

Conclusion: The results of this research show that drug hypersensitivity in young adults is a highly prevalent event and it is

associated with personal history of asthma and history of drug hypersensitivity in parents.

Editor

Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Fecha de publicación

19 de julio de 2017

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Fuente

2233-8268

2233-8276

Idioma

Inglés

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Estudiantes

Investigadores

Repositorio Orígen

REPOSITORIO INSTITUCIONAL DE LA UAEM

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