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This study was accomplished to take the available informations about drug allergy, its prevention and therapy. Drug allergy was surveyed with the inpatients in Chonnam national University Hospital during 14 days from Oct. 5 to Oct. 18, 1989. The medical doctors of the ward of the clinical department wrote the drug allergy survey card and our team members reviewed the chart profiles to perform exactly. The drug allergic patients occupied 3.2% of total 657 inpatients. The longer the hospitalization period, the higher the ratio of the occurrence of drug allergy. On the allergy-induced drug, cephalosporins occupied 10 cases, penicillins 7 cases, NSAIDS 3 cases and the miscellaneous drugs 8 cases. On the route of drug administration in the case of drug allergy, parenteral route occupied 16 cases and oral route 5 cases. The symptom of drug allergy included skin eruption(16 cases), palpitation(6 cases), drug fever(4 cases), itching sense(3 cases), flushing face(1 case) and syncope(1 case). The major test of drug allergy was skin test. On the onset time of drug allergy after starting drug therapy, 3 cases occurred immediately, 4 cases after 1 day-2 days, 5 cases during 2 days-1 week and 5 cases after 2 weeks.
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