Taber's Medical Dictionary
Arthus reaction
(ar-toos′)
[Nicholas Maurice Arthus, Fr. bacteriologist, 1862-1945]
A severe local inflammatory reaction that occurs at the injection site of an antigen in someone previously sensitized. Arthus reactions are a form of type III allergy reactions producing an antigen-antibody immune complex.
SYN: SEE: Arthus phenomenon; SEE: local anaphylaxis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Arthus Reaction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733274/all/Arthus_reaction.
Arthus reaction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733274/all/Arthus_reaction. Accessed November 7, 2024.
Arthus reaction. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733274/all/Arthus_reaction
Arthus Reaction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 07]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733274/all/Arthus_reaction.
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