The Use of Penicillin Skin Testing to Assess the Prevalence of Penicillin Allergy in an Emergency Department Setting

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Raja, Ali S ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^b   Codispoti, Christopher D ^b   Moellman, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Allergy Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67349167235     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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