Treatment of Patients with a History of Penicillin Allergy in a Large Tertiary-Care Academic Hospital

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 252-257

  Picard, Matthieu ^a,b   Bégin, Philippe ^a,b   Bouchard, Hugues ^a   Cloutier, Jonathan ^a   Lacombe Barrios, Jonathan ^b   Paradis, Jean ^b   Des Roches, Anne ^c   Laufer, Brian ^a   Paradis, Louis ^b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergist; Antibiotic; Cost effectiveness; Drug allergy; Education; Intensive care unit; Internal medicine; Management; Penicillin allergy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DRUG COST; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ALLERGIST; ANTIBIOTIC; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG ALLERGY; EDUCATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANAGEMENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; QUALITY OF CARE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PENICILLINS; QUEBEC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84877079696     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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