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Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians
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Mashup Score: 1Cephalosporins can be safely administered to patients with verified penicillin allergy - 8 month(s) ago
Whereas reported penicillin allergy is highly prevalent, true allergy is rare. Nonetheless, a reported penicillin allergy is associated with higher rates of alternative broad-spectrum antibiotic use, multidrug-resistant infections, surgical site infections, and higher health care costs and mortality.1,2 Although historically cephalosporins have been avoided in reported penicillin allergy, recent literature supports the safety of its administration in this patient population. In alignment with this understanding, Khan et al1 suggested that patients with nonanaphylactic unverified penicillin allergies can receive cephalosporins without testing, and patients with a history of anaphylaxis to penicillin can be given cephalosporins with structurally dissimilar R1 side chains without testing.
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Mashup Score: 1Millions Mistakenly Think They Are Allergic to Penicillin - 8 month(s) ago
On the 95th anniversary of the discovery of penicillin experts have warned that millions of people mistakenly believe they are allergic to the antibiotic.
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Mashup Score: 2Millions wrongly labelled with penicillin allergy, pharmacists warn - 8 month(s) ago
Many people are needlessly avoiding the most common antibiotics, which are the most effective.
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Up to 5% of the general population and more than 10% of patients report a penicillin , which is associated with the use of more expensive, less effective antibiotics. However, studies of diagnostic testing in patients labelled
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Mashup Score: 0In-Office Amoxicillin to Increase Graded-Dose Challenges at Initial Evaluation for Penicillin Allergy - 10 month(s) ago
More than 90% of pediatric patients labeled with a penicillin allergy can tolerate subsequent treatment courses without reaction. Graded-dose challenges (GDCs) are an important tool to clarify reported penicillin allergy.
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Mashup Score: 0Efficacy of an Allergy Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Penicillin Challenge - 10 month(s) ago
This randomized clinical trial aims to determine whether a direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to the standard of care of penicillin skin testing followed by an oral challenge in patients with a low-risk penicillin allergy.
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Mashup Score: 7How can I know if my penicillin allergy is real? - Harvard Health - 11 month(s) ago
People who are allergic to penicillin are often given less effective medications that can make them more susceptible to infections, but many people who believe they are allergic to penicillin are n…
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Mashup Score: 2Expunging 'Penicillin Allergy': Your Questions Answered - 1 year(s) ago
Dr Vega responds to reader questions about delabeling penicillin allergy in a patient who reports a childhood rash after taking amoxicillin.
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Mashup Score: 3Penicillin Hard to Find as Syphilis Cases Rise - 1 year(s) ago
The FDA said that the increased demand for the drug is due to rises in strep throat and syphilis.
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"You need to have everything in your emergency department, just in case of that 1%." -- Maria Garcia-Lloret, MD, of UCLA Health, on safely conducting #penicillin allergy challenges. https://t.co/NqpZuYV5y7