The impact of penicillin skin testing on clinical practice and antimicrobial stewardship

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 341-345

  Rimawi, Ramzy H ^a   Cook, Paul P ^a   Gooch, Michael ^b   Kabchi, Badih ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad S ^a   Rimawi, Bassam H ^c   Gebregziabher, Mulugeta ^c   Siraj, Dawd S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; QUINOLONE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PENICILLIN SKIN TESTING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TEST; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYPHILIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878897767     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2036     Document Type: Article

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