Contact sensitivities have been identified from using lanolin, neomycin, framycetin, emulsifiers, rubber and parabens (Dealey, 1999 ).

neomycin sulfate consists of three different chemical substances, all of which are sensitizers.

neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) and confers resistance to kanamycin.

Due to the presence of allergens, avoid ointments that contain neomycin (e.g.

Children who are allergic to the antibiotics neomycin or polymyxin B should not take rubella vaccine, measles vaccine, mumps vaccine, or the combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Some widely used topical antibiotics are bacitracin, neomycin, mupirocin, and polymyxin B.

They are allergic to gelatin or the antibiotic neomycin.

A provider may want to delay giving a child a dose of IPV or may not give it at all if the child has a known severe allergy to the antibiotics neomycin, streptomycin, or polymyxin B.