Impact of a clinical guideline for prescribing antibiotics to inpatients reporting penicillin or cephalosporin allergy

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 294-300.e2

  Blumenthal, Kimberly G ^a,b   Shenoy, Erica S ^a,b   Varughese, Christy A ^a   Hurwitz, Shelley ^b,c   Hooper, David C ^a,b   Banerji, Aleena ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RASH; SERUM SICKNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SWELLING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; SKIN TEST; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SELF REPORT; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84944169925     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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