unniversity of maryland

beta-lactamases: • cross-allergenicity: occurs when the proteins in one substance are like the proteins in another. As a result, the immune system sees them as the same. In the case of food allergies, cross-reactivity can occur between one food and another. Cross-reactivity can also happen between pollen and foods or latex and foods. • extended spectrum: antibiotic is one that, as a result of chemical modification, affects additional types of bacteria, usually those that are gram-negat...

beta-lactamases: • cross-allergenicity: occurs when the proteins in one substance are like the proteins in another. As a result, the immune system sees them as the same. In the case of food allergies, cross-reactivity can occur between one food and another. Cross-reactivity can also happen between pollen and foods or latex and foods. • extended spectrum: antibiotic is one that, as a result of chemical modification, affects additional types of bacteria, usually those that are gram-negat...

beta-lactamases: • cross-allergenicity: occurs when the proteins in one substance are like the proteins in another. As a result, the immune system sees them as the same. In the case of food allergies, cross-reactivity can occur between one food and another. Cross-reactivity can also happen between pollen and foods or latex and foods. • extended spectrum: antibiotic is one that, as a result of chemical modification, affects additional types of bacteria, usually those that are gram-negat...

beta-lactamases: • cross-allergenicity: occurs when the proteins in one substance are like the proteins in another. As a result, the immune system sees them as the same. In the case of food allergies, cross-reactivity can occur between one food and another. Cross-reactivity can also happen between pollen and foods or latex and foods. • extended spectrum: antibiotic is one that, as a result of chemical modification, affects additional types of bacteria, usually those that are gram-negat...