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penicilloate moiety (minor determinant)
The penicilloate moiety or minor determinant results from reaction of beta-lactam ring of penicillins & cephalosporins with endogenous proteins. This forms a hapten-protein complex, less abundant than penicilloyl moiety (major determinant).
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adverse drug reaction (ADR)
cephalosporin
penicillin
General
antigen
References
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998