Penicillins are first-choice antibiotics for many common infections, but more than one in 15 UK adults have a penicillin ...

New medical trial changes what we think about penicillin allergy - Removing incorrect labels could help improve care for ...

When evaluating the cross-reactivity of penicillin to carbapenems, Shenoy et al reported a less than 1% risk of IgE–medicated cross-reactivity to carbapenems and 0% risk to monobactams. 6 The ...

A self-reported, but unverified, penicillin allergy can have far-reaching consequences – both for the patient and for our public health. Here's what you need to know.

Understanding the truth behind penicillin allergy is crucial—not just for your personal care, but for public health and antibiotic stewardship.

It can look very much like an allergic response, but it isn’t a true allergy. It is safe to give penicillin-type drugs to people with this kind of reaction.

Many people believe they have a penicillin allergy, but up to 90% are not actually allergic. Side effects like nausea are often mistaken for a true allergic reaction. An allergist can perform ...

IN the course of routine laboratory work on sensitivity to antibiotics, a type of ‘cross-reaction’ in the development of resistance to them has been observed.

Desensitization to penicillin can also be done, although this is not a permanent cure for a penicillin allergy. Dear Dr. Roach: With this winter’s abnormally cold weather, ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — According to the CDC, approximately 80% of patients with a penicillin allergy lose their sensitivity after 10 years. A simple skin test can be done to see if you have ...

The vast majority of people who think they have a penicillin allergy don't have it anymore — or never did, doctors say. Now there's a trend toward "delabeling" those allergies.

In a meta-analysis of 21 studies examining the risk of cross-reactivity to cephalosporins and carbapenems in penicillin-allergic patients (N=1269), Picard et al found that cross-reactivity varied ...