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. 1970 Feb 21;1(5694):469–471. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5694.469

Reduction in Incidence of Ampicillin Rash by Purification of Ampicillin

E T Knudsen, Janet M Dewdney, J A P Trafford
PMCID: PMC1699418  PMID: 4244871

Abstract

Purification of ampicillin (Penbritin) with respect to protein impurities has been found significantly to reduce the incidence of rashes in treated patients. This may be related to findings in animals that injections of the isolated protein impurity can induce the formation of circulating IgG antibodies and skin-sensitizing antibodies.

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