Tackling inpatient penicillin allergies: Assessing tools for antimicrobial stewardship

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 154-161.e6

  Blumenthal, Kimberly G ^a,b   Wickner, Paige G ^b,c   Hurwitz, Shelley ^b,c   Pricco, Nicholas ^d   Nee, Alexandra E ^e   Laskowski, Karl ^b,c   Shenoy, Erica S ^a,b   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

computerized guideline; decision support; skin test; Stewardship; test dose

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AVIBACTAM PLUS CEFTAZIDIME; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAROLINE; CEFTOLOZANE PLUS TAZOBACTAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG USE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN TEST; VERY ELDERLY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN TESTS; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 85016057642     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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