%0 Journal Article
%T Vancomycin Hypersensitivity Diagnosed by Lymphocyte Blast Transformation
%A Nguyen P. Tran
%A Jeremy Katcher
%A Erin Rohman
%A Mary Francis Hall
%A Christie F. Michael
%A Isao Miyairi
%A D. Betty Lew
%J Case Reports in Pediatrics
%D 2011
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2011/562620
%X A 15-year-old male admitted for Pott's puffy tumor developed recurrent episodes of fever, diffuse morbilliform rash, eosinophilia, and tubulointerstitial nephritis while on multiple antibiotics. Lymphocyte blast transformation (LBT), a method of detecting cellular immune response by measuring levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ), was used to diagnose vancomycin hypersensitivity and guide antibiotic selection.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/pediatrics/2011/562620/