To the Editor: Food, medication or insect stings are the major causes of systemic allergic reactions.1 That topical agents can mimic such reactions is not commonly appreciated. I report here a systemic allergic reaction to a topical medication (initially attributed to food).
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- Raymond J Mullins
- John James Medical Centre, Canberra, ACT.
Correspondence: rmullins@allergycapital.com.au
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