If you're one of the millions of Americans who have a penicillin allergy listed on your medical record, research suggests it's highly likely that this label is inaccurate. Having a penicillin ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy is 9.4%, though most studies were from high-income countries.

If you've been diagnosed with an environmental Penicillium mold allergy, you might wonder if that means you could have a penicillin allergy or food allergies, too. An environmental mold allergy is ...

Patients are not eligible if they are pregnant, have a history of a type II IV allergic reaction to penicillin, have a recent (within the past five years) report of an immediate reaction to ...

15–18 This paper describes the use of cephalothin and cephaloridine for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis in 4 patients allergic to penicillin. Case 1. D.H., a 36-year-old man, entered ...

Purpose: A penicillin allergy skin-testing service run by pharmacists is described. Summary: A board-certified allergist trained pharmacists at a tertiary care teaching hospital to administer ...

A team of researchers who reviewed medical literature on the accuracy of penicillin allergies has come out with a startling A team of researchers who reviewed medical literature on the accuracy of ...

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contain detectable amounts of penicillin. These amounts (1 to 200 units per milliliter) are sufficient to produce an allergic reaction in patients exquisitely sensitized. 1 In addition to this ...

The Royal College of Anaesthetists says more patients are claiming to be allergic to penicillin, leading to other riskier antibiotics being used. Out of nearly 300 life-threatening reactions ...

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