Antonino Romano

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Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:S67-73. 2011
  2. ncbi Patch testing in non-immediate drug eruptions
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore UCSC Allergy Unit, C, I, Columbus, Rome, Italy, and Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS Oasi Maria S, S, Troina, Italy
    Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 4:66-74. 2008
  3. ncbi IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins: cross-reactivity and tolerability of penicillins, monobactams, and carbapenems
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 126:994-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Brief communication: tolerability of meropenem in patients with IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to penicillins
    Antonino Romano
    Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Ann Intern Med 146:266-9. 2007
  5. ncbi Recent advances in the diagnosis of drug allergy
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit of Integrated Complex Columbus, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:299-303. 2007
  6. ncbi Diagnosing hypersensitivity reactions to cephalosporins in children
    Antonino Romano
    Unità di Allergologia, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Via G Moscati, 31, 00168 Rome, Italy
    Pediatrics 122:521-7. 2008
  7. ncbi Cross-reactivity and tolerability of cephalosporins in patients with immediate hypersensitivity to penicillins
    Antonino Romano
    Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Ann Intern Med 141:16-22. 2004
  8. ncbi Etoricoxib tolerability in patients with hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 143:103-8. 2007
  9. ncbi Celecoxib tolerability in patients with hypersensitivity (mainly cutaneous reactions) to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:145-50. 2005
  10. ncbi Hypersensitivity to aromatic anticonvulsants: in vivo and in vitro cross-reactivity studies
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 12:3373-81. 2006

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  1. ncbi Diagnosis and management of drug hypersensitivity reactions
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:S67-73. 2011
    ..Desensitization also permits the use of aspirin in aspirin-sensitive patients undergoing revascularization and in subjects with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease...
  2. ncbi Patch testing in non-immediate drug eruptions
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore UCSC Allergy Unit, C, I, Columbus, Rome, Italy, and Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS Oasi Maria S, S, Troina, Italy
    Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 4:66-74. 2008
    ..Patch tests can be performed with any form of commercial drugs and are safer than intradermal tests. However, patch tests are less sensitive than intradermal tests, and their sensitivity may vary, depending on the vehicle used...
  3. ncbi IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins: cross-reactivity and tolerability of penicillins, monobactams, and carbapenems
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 126:994-9. 2010
    ..There have been few studies regarding the cross-reactivity and tolerability of penicillins, aztreonam, and carbapenems in large samples of subjects with cephalosporin allergy...
  4. ncbi Brief communication: tolerability of meropenem in patients with IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to penicillins
    Antonino Romano
    Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Ann Intern Med 146:266-9. 2007
    ..Although clinicians avoid giving meropenem to patients with penicillin allergy because of potential cross-reactivity, the rate of cross-reactivity between penicillins and meropenem has not been prospectively determined...
  5. ncbi Recent advances in the diagnosis of drug allergy
    Antonino Romano
    Allergy Unit of Integrated Complex Columbus, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:299-303. 2007
    ..Immediate reactions occur within 1 h; nonimmediate ones occur after more than 1 h...
  6. ncbi Diagnosing hypersensitivity reactions to cephalosporins in children
    Antonino Romano
    Unità di Allergologia, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Via G Moscati, 31, 00168 Rome, Italy
    Pediatrics 122:521-7. 2008
    ..The goals were to evaluate the usefulness of skin tests, patch tests, serum specific IgE assays, and challenges in diagnosing hypersensitivity reactions to cephalosporins and to clarify the pathogenic mechanism of such reactions...
  7. ncbi Cross-reactivity and tolerability of cephalosporins in patients with immediate hypersensitivity to penicillins
    Antonino Romano
    Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Ann Intern Med 141:16-22. 2004
    ..In patients with documented IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to penicillins, data on sensitization to cephalosporins vary. Administering cephalosporins to such patients is often deferred because of the risk for cross-reactivity...
  8. ncbi Etoricoxib tolerability in patients with hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 143:103-8. 2007
    ..Our aim was to investigate the clinical tolerability of etoricoxib, a new selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, in a group of patients with well-established NSAID hypersensitivity...
  9. ncbi Celecoxib tolerability in patients with hypersensitivity (mainly cutaneous reactions) to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:145-50. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Celecoxib showed a 98.9% rate of tolerability in the 92 patients with exclusively cutaneous reactions and was well tolerated by all 28 subjects with NSAID-related respiratory or anaphylactic symptoms...
  10. ncbi Hypersensitivity to aromatic anticonvulsants: in vivo and in vitro cross-reactivity studies
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 12:3373-81. 2006
    ..e., assessed by lymphocyte toxicity assays) is high. Further in vivo and in vitro studies in large samples of subjects are needed to evaluate cross-reactivity among aromatic anticonvulsants...
  11. ncbi Cross-reactive reactions to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 14:2826-32. 2008
    ..Many subjects report cutaneous and/or respiratory symptoms and, less frequently, anaphylactic shock after the administration of one (single-reactors) or different (cross-reactors) drugs of this class...
  12. ncbi Cross-reactivity among drugs: clinical problems
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Unità di Allergologia, Complesso Integrato Columbus, via G Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy
    Toxicology 209:169-79. 2005
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  13. ncbi Hypersensitivity to lamotrigine and nonaromatic anticonvulsant drugs: a review
    Francesco Gaeta
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 14:2874-82. 2008
    ..Challenge tests can also be useful to identify safe alternatives. Our study reports hypersensitivity reactions to lamotrigine and to nonaromatic antiepileptic drugs, especially those assessed by allergologic tests...
  14. ncbi Immediate hypersensitivity to cephalosporins
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Cl Columbus, I-00168 Rome, Italy
    Allergy 57:52-7. 2002
  15. ncbi Tolerability of rofecoxib in patients with adverse reactions to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a study of 216 patients and literature review
    Maria Rosaria Perrone
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, UCSC-Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, Rome, Italy
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 132:82-6. 2003
    ..Rofecoxib also had a very low rate (1.6%) of cross-reactivity in the 600 patients with exclusively cutaneous reactions to NSAIDs...
  16. ncbi Effective prophylactic protocol in delayed hypersensitivity to contrast media: report of a case involving lymphocyte transformation studies with different compounds
    Antonino Romano
    Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Allergy Unit, Complesso Integrato Columbus, via G Moscati 31, 00168 Rome, Italy
    Radiology 225:466-70. 2002
    ..The patient received 6-alpha-methylprednisolone and cyclosporine 1 week before and 2 weeks after four angiograms were obtained with the use of iobitridol, which was well tolerated...
  17. ncbi IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to cephalosporins
    Jean Louis Gueant
    INSERM U 724, Laboratoire de Pathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire en Nutrition and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital Center of Nancy and Medical Faculty, University Henry Poincaré, 54500, Nancy, France
    Curr Pharm Des 12:3335-45. 2006
    ..In assessing the selectivity of the response, negative results in skin testing with cephalosporins other than the responsible one appear to be a reliable indicator of tolerability...
  18. ncbi Update on beta-lactam allergy diagnosis
    Pascal Demoly
    Exploration des Allergies, Maladies Respiratoires, INSERM U454 IFR3, Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve, University Hospital of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 5:9-14. 2005
    ..In this review, we describe the general guidelines for evaluating subjects in whom there is suspicion of allergic reactions to beta-lactams...
  19. ncbi Imipenem in patients with immediate hypersensitivity to penicillins
    Antonino Romano
    N Engl J Med 354:2835-7. 2006
  20. ncbi Hypersensitivity reactions to complementary and alternative medicine products
    Maria Teresa Ventura
    Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases MIDIM, University of Bari Medical School, Policlinico, Piazza G Cesare, 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
    Curr Pharm Des 12:3393-9. 2006
    ..Because little is known about adverse reactions to CAM products, further systematic studies and an appropriate regulation by heath authorities are necessary...
  21. ncbi Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media
    Rosa Maria Guéant-Rodriguez
    INSERM U 724, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pathology in Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, B P 184 54505 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France
    Curr Pharm Des 12:3359-72. 2006
    ..This paper summarizes the current state of the art and addresses the research that is still needed on the pathogenic mechanisms, diagnosis, and prevention of ICM-induced hypersensitivity reactions...
  22. ncbi Parecoxib tolerability in patients with hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    Marinella Viola
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:1189-91. 2006
  23. ncbi Delayed reactions to drugs show levels of perforin, granzyme B, and Fas-L to be related to disease severity
    Sinforiano J Posadas
    Allergy Service, La Paz Hospital, Madrid; the Research Unit for Allergy Diseases, Carlos Haya Hospital, Malaga, Spain
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 109:155-61. 2002
    ..These findings support the role of T cells in allergic drug reactions and provide further clues pertaining to therapeutic interventions...