Drug/Insect/Latex News

Greenhouse workers experienced high levels of sensitization to insects and mites used for biological pest control where they work, according to a cross-sectional study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Antihistamine premedication can improve the safety and efficacy of allergen immunotherapy, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Researchers called for more studies into the risks for anaphylaxis during pregnancy, citing scarce research on the subject, according to a systematic review published by The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Patients with penicillin allergy had a higher risk for worse COVID-19 outcomes, according to study results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Most patients with “immediate and potentially allergic reactions” to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines tolerated a second dose, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, “a perfect time” for primary care physicians to brush up on the best approaches to diagnosis and treatment, according the president-elect of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

The number of inpatients with a penicillin allergy label at a children’s hospital approached 9%, according to results from a retrospective chart review presented at SHM Converge — the virtual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Assessments in the ED can identify patients who are eligible to have a penicillin allergy removed from their electronic health record, according to findings of a pilot study presented virtually at the SHEA Spring Conference.

More than half of pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis experienced histologic remission after going on a milk elimination diet, according to study results.

Nearly 3% of United States adults self-reported having peanut allergy, with 1.8% “having convincing peanut allergy,” researchers wrote in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.