Patients with positive skin test results to penicillin should not undergo penicillin or amoxicillin challenge

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 816-817

  Park, Miguel A ^a   Solensky, Roland ^a   Khan, David A ^b   Castells, Mariana C ^a   MacY, Eric M ^c   Lang, David M ^a  

^a American Academy of Allergy   (United States)

^b Food Allergy Anaphylaxis Dermatology and Drug Allergy Interest Section American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DESENSITIZATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN TEST; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

AMOXICILLIN; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84924533870     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.045     Document Type: Article

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