Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delabeling included oral challenges with or without additional skin testing. 3.6% of patients reacted when ...

In children evaluated for a possible macrolide allergy, intradermal testing with a suspected culprit drug at 0.05 mg/mL showed high specificity (92.7%) but limited sensitivity. To confirm an allergy ...

Removing incorrect penicillin allergy labels on GP records could combat antibiotic resistance and save lives, an NIHR-funded clinical trial led by the University of Leeds has found. Penicillins are ...

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...

The first time two of Taylor Lucero’s children were prescribed amoxicillin, they developed bad rashes. “It was horrible,” she said. Luciano Lucero, 8, and his older brother Gabriel, 11, are two of an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although 7% of questioned parents believed that their child had a drug allergy, testing showed that only 0.05% ...

At least one in 10 Americans is allergic to penicillin — or so they think. Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital and around the country are calling for more testing of whether patients are ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Penicillin allergy is the most frequent form of drug allergy. ATLANTA, GA—Penicillin allergy testing should be undertaken as part of preoperative evaluation for patients ...

Drug-induced fever can complicate antibiotic treatment and lead to unnecessary testing when cultures are negative, and ...

WASHINGTON -- Posters at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology annual meeting provided data about an antibiotic allergy assessment tool via a smartphone app, a direct oral challenge ...