Among those with an allergic reaction after receiving a sulfonamide antibiotic, the unadjusted odds ratio for an allergic reaction to a subsequent sulfonamide nonantibiotic, as compared with a ...

To the Editor: The article by Strom et al. (Oct. 23 issue) 1 suffers from the classic shortcomings of retrospective studies of adverse drug reactions and particularly from the use of the term ...

If you've had a reaction to sulfa antibiotic, you've reacted to sulfonamide. There's a large number of drugs that contain sulfa that do not cross react with these sulfonamide antibiotics. In the ...

And while relatively rare, opioid cross-reactivity can occur. It means that if you’re allergic to one opioid, there is a risk of experiencing a similar allergic reaction to other opioids.

Allergy to a sulfonamide antibiotic was a risk factor for a subsequent allergic reaction to a sulfonamide nonantibiotic (odds ratio of 2.8), but a history of penicillin allergy was at least as ...

Several charts have been published that can help practitioners choose antibiotics based on similarities of their side chains to minimize the risks of cross-reactivity. Safe for most patients ...

Severe penicillin allergies are extremely rare. Experts estimate that a severe reaction, or anaphylaxis, occurs fewer than five times for every 10,000 times a penicillin medication is prescribed.

Background: Allergic or pseudo-allergic reactions to macrolides antibiotics are relatively uncommon (0.4-3% of treatments). The allergological work-up for the diagnosis of macrolides ...