Tissue-device interactions leading to systemic hypersensitivity are rarely reported or are perhaps misdiagnosed as infectious in origin. We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent ...
However, other metal ions as well as bone cement components can cause such hypersensitivity reactions. To complicate things, patients may also develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to ...
INVESTIGATIONS of immediate-type active cutaneous hypersensitive reactions in mice 1 led to the conclusion that the characteristic reaction consisted of two distinct phases. A rapid phase (phase 1 ...