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MeSH Heading: Drug Hypersensitivity
Tree Number(s): C25.100.468
Unique ID: D004342
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004342
Annotation: use in conventional sense and not for allergy to every category D term; allergy to non-drug chemical substance=substance /ad eff + HYPERSENSITIVITY or its specifics /‌etiol
Scope Note: Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.
Entry Term(s): Allergy, Drug; Drug Allergy; Hypersensitivity, Drug
NLM Classification #: QW 906
See Also: Drug Hypersensitivity Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 66; was DRUG ALLERGY 1963-65
History Note: 66; was DRUG ALLERGY 1963-65
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/07/11

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0006829
Scope Note: Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.
Terms: Drug Hypersensitivity Preferred Term
Term UI T013260
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Allergy, Drug
Term UI T424614
Date09/21/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Drug Allergy
Term UI T013258
Date03/05/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Hypersensitivity, Drug
Term UI T013259
Date02/03/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

Drug Hypersensitivity MeSH Descriptor Data 2025