Collaboration between allergists and pharmacists increases β-lactam antibiotic prescriptions in patients with a history of penicillin allergy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Park, Miguel A ^a   McClimon, Brad J ^a   Ferguson, Brent ^a   Markus, Patricia J ^a   Odell, Laura ^a   Swanson, Andrea ^a   Kloos Olson, Kristin E ^a   Bjerke, Peter F ^a   Li, James T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactam antibiotic; Allergist; Antibiotics; Penicillin; Penicillin allergy; Pharmacist

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RASH; SKIN TEST; SYNCOPE; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PHARMACISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 77954867381     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319209     Document Type: Article

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