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N. Franklin Adkinson

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Publications -  141
Citations -  11821

N. Franklin Adkinson is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immunoglobulin E & Histamine. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 140 publications receiving 11073 citations. Previous affiliations of N. Franklin Adkinson include Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Good Samaritan Hospital.

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Cornstarch powder on latex products is an allergen carrier.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that cornstarch indeed binds allergenic latex proteins and supports the causative relationship between allergic reactions in individuals with latex sensitivity and the exposure to airborne particles from powdered latex products.
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Immunotherapy for cat asthma

TL;DR: It is concluded that cat-extract immunotherapy was well tolerated, significantly decreased skin and bronchial responses to cat extract, and significantly increased IgE antibodies to cat Extract and IgG antibodies toCat extract, Fel d I, and cat albumin.
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Risk factors for drug allergy

TL;DR: The elicitation of drug-induced immunopathology is a function of the persistence of a drug-specific immune response; the frequency of drug treatment and its dose and duration; and probable constitutional factors that may determine in an important way the efficiency with which aDrug- specific immune response can be translated into a systemic allergic reaction.
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Penicillin Allergy Is Not Necessarily Forever

TL;DR: The inability to use an antistaphylococcal penicillin for patients with methicillin-susceptible StAPHylococcus aureus sepsis or other serious infections for which penicillins are the first-line therapy places patients at risk of treatment failure, resistance generation, and increased mortality.