Penicillin allergy labels are not benign and contribute to antimicrobial resistance, so enabling more patients to safely benefit from penicillin will ease the burden of other antibiotics that are ...
SAN DIEGO — Bypassing referrals to allergists and using electronic consults to reassess if patients are allergic to ...
People who mistakenly think they are allergic to penicillin could be “de-labelled” – without undergoing expensive allergy tests – by being safely offered a dose of the antibiotic to check ...
Houston Methodist re-evaluates penicillin allergies through an adapted screening tool that nurses can use at the bedside. The cross-specialties collaboration in a major academic medical center ...
OB/GYNs reported feeling more comfortable performing penicillin allergy delabeling among pregnant women compared with ...
Most penicillin allergies occur during childhood, and unfortunately, these patients often carry this allergy label with them for decades. It is common for true IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to ...