Health care use and serious infection prevalence associated with penicillin "allergy" in hospitalized patients: A cohort study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 790-796

  Macy, Eric ^a   Contreras, Richard ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; antibiotics; Clostridium difficile; electronic medical record; hospital use; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; multiple drug intolerance syndrome; penicillin allergy; prevalence; vancomycin resistant Enterococcus species

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY HOSPITAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANTIBIOTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL USE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE DRUG INTOLERANCE SYNDROME; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS SPECIES;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84896716704     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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