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. 2014 Jun;58(6):3137–3143. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02504-13

TABLE 3.

Patients with non-IgE-mediated HSRs to nafcillin switched to cefazolina

Patient no. Age (yr)/gender Infectious diagnosis Pathogen HSR Duration of therapy prior to HSR onset (days) Level of care required for HSR management Therapy outcome
1 40/F Prosthetic joint infection MSSA Maculopapular rash 9 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
2 25/M Epidural abscess MSSA Maculopapular rash 22 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
3 50/M Epidural abscess MSSA Maculopapular rash 26 Office visit Completed cefazolin
4 50/F Septic arthritis Group A streptococcus Maculopapular rash 8 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
5 80/F Hardware infection MSSA Maculopapular rash 13 Office visit Completed cefazolin
6 41/M Septic arthritis MSSA Maculopapular rash 24 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
7 69/F Endocarditis CoNS Maculopapular rash 9 Office visit Completed cefazolin
8 64/F Osteomyelitis MSSA Maculopapular rash 21 Office visit Completed cefazolin
9 26/M Osteomyelitis MSSA Maculopapular rash 9 Hospitalization Completed vancomycin
10 25/M Osteomyelitis CoNS Maculopapular rash 7 ED visit Completed cefazolin
11 72/M Endocarditis MSSA Immune-mediated nephritis 19 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
12 48/F Septic thrombophlebitis MSSA Immune-mediated nephritis 13 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
13 73/M Hardware infection MSSA Immune-mediated nephritis 15 ED visit Completed cefazolin
14 54/M Bacteremia MSSA Eosinophilia 20 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
15 82/F Osteomyelitis MSSA Eosinophilia 36 Office visit Completed cefazolin
16 79/F Hardware infection MSSA Serum sickness 19 SNF visit Completed cefazolin
17 74/F Osteomyelitis MSSA Immune-mediated hepatitis 20 Hospitalization Completed cefazolin
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Data are for 17 patients. Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; CoNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; ED, emergency department; SNF, skilled nursing facility.