US researchers introduce standardised paediatric antibiotic allergy testing protocols to reduce mislabelling, and improve ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Delabeling included oral challenges with or without additional skin testing. 3.6% of patients reacted when ...

Removing incorrect penicillin allergy labels on GP records could combat antibiotic resistance and save lives, an NIHR-funded clinical trial led by the University of Leeds has found. Penicillins are ...

A program in Australia that integrated antibiotic allergy testing with antimicrobial stewardship significantly improved antibiotic use and appropriateness, and was also effective in de-labeling ...

SAN FRANSISCO — Patients with a penicillin allergy indication on their electronic medical record test negative for penicillin allergy nearly 90% of the time, new research shows. Testing these patients ...

The first time two of Taylor Lucero’s children were prescribed amoxicillin, they developed bad rashes. “It was horrible,” she said. Luciano Lucero, 8, and his older brother Gabriel, 11, are two of an ...

At least one in 10 Americans is allergic to penicillin — or so they think. Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital and around the country are calling for more testing of whether patients are ...

Penicillins are first-choice antibiotics for many common infections, but more than one in 15 UK adults have a penicillin allergy label on their medical records. In the event of an infection, they will ...

If you’ve been told your whole life that you have a penicillin allergy, you’d be forgiven for not giving it a second thought. About one in 10 people in the U.S. report having this condition, making it ...

The majority of patients recorded as having a penicillin allergy may not be truly allergic to the antibiotic, a first-of-its-kind trial suggests. Those with the marker on their medical records could ...