MercedesElizabethArroligaMD

Allergy & Immunology • Temple, TX

Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

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Office
2401 S 31st St
Temple, TX 76508
Phone+1 254-724-2111
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Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1998 - 2000
Bridgeport Hospital/Yale UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1998
Universidad Autonoma de Nicaragua Faculty of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2007 - 2024
OH State Medical License 2000 - 2011
American Board of Allergy and Immunology Allergy & Immunology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Hypersensitivity reactions to multiple biologicals in a pediatric patient with severe persistent asthma.
Aneesh Angirekula, Victor A Estrada, Malvika Sagar, Mercedes E Arroliga> ;Proceedings. 2023 Jan 1
The role of supervised school therapy in poorly controlled asthma in children.
Muppala Raju, Malvika Sagar, Andrew Bush, Shekhar Ghamande, Sonal Malhotra, Mercedes E Arroliga, Eugene Quaye> ;Proceedings. 2023 Jan 1
15 citations
Allergic reactions and adverse events associated with administration of mRNA-based vaccines. A health-care system experience.
Mercedes E. Arroliga, Karim Dhanani, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Penny S Huddleston, Jason Trahan, Toni Aguilar, David Weldon> ;Allergy and Asthma Proceedings. 2021 Sep 1
4 citations
Penicillin skin testing is a safe method to guide β-lactam administration in the intensive care unit
Mercedes E. Arroliga, Alfredo Vazquez-Sandoval, John Dvoracek, Alejandro C. Arroliga> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2016 Jan 1
25 citations
Management of group B Streptococcus in pregnant women with penicillin allergy.
Elliot H. Philipson, David M. Lang, Steven M. Gordon, Janet M Burlingame, Stephen P. Emery, Mercedes E. Arroliga> ;The Journal of Reproductive Medicine. 2007 Jun 1
87 citations
Penicillin skin testing in patients with a history of β-lactam allergy
Gonzalo Alvarez del Real, Mark E Rose, Maria T Ramirez-Atamoros, Jeffrey P. Hammel, Steven M. Gordon, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Mercedes E. Arroliga> ;Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2007 Apr 1
120 citations
Correlation of Systemic Superoxide Dismutase Deficiency to Airflow Obstruction in Asthma
Suzy A. A. Comhair, Kristin Ricci, Mercedes E. Arroliga, Abigail R. Lara, Raed A. Dweik, Wei Song, Stanley L. Hazen, Eugene R. Bleecker, W. W. Busse, Kian Fan Chung, B...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2005 Aug 1
57 citations
A prospective observational study of the effect of penicillin skin testing on antibiotic use in the intensive care unit.
Mercedes E. Arroliga, Christine Radojicic, Steven M. Gordon, Marc J. Popovich, C. Allen Bashour, Alton L. Melton, Alejandro C. Arroliga> ;Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2003 May 1
18 citations
Penicillin allergy: consider trying penicillin again.
Mercedes E. Arroliga, Lily C. Pien> ;Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2003 Apr 1
17 citations
Double-stranded rna dependence of nitric oxide synthase 2 expression in human bronchial epithelial cell lines BET-1A and BEAS-2B.
Kohsaku Uetani, Mercedes E. Arroliga, Serpil C. Erzurum> ;American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2001 Jun 1
53 citations
A pilot study of penicillin skin testing in patients with a history of penicillin allergy admitted to a medical ICU.
Mercedes E. Arroliga, William O. Wagner, Mary Beth Bobek, Lori Hoffman-Hogg, Steven M. Gordon, Alejandro C. Arroliga> ;Chest. 2000 Oct 1
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