Antibiotic Allergy
Penicillin allergy consultation via telehealth has ‘poor return rate’ in pregnant women
SAN DIEGO — Nearly half of pregnant women who completed a telehealth penicillin allergy consultation did not go on to complete in-person allergy testing, according to a poster presented here.
Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium addresses reemergence of measles, chickenpox
NEW YORK — The 37th annual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will address the possibility that measles and chickenpox may make a comeback due to waning vaccine coverage.
Penicillin allergy may increase likelihood for other antibiotics allergies
People with penicillin allergies are more likely to have other antibiotic allergies than those without the allergy, according to a study published in Epic Research.
Top in allergy/asthma: Delabeling antibiotic allergies; caregivers' food allergy questions
A pediatric allergy clinic safely delabeled almost all their patients with reported antibiotic allergies who were tested in the span of about 2 years, according to researchers.
Testing clears nearly all antibiotic allergy labels in pediatric clinic
A pediatric allergy clinic safely delabeled nearly all the patients with reported antibiotic allergy that it tested between January 2016 and December 2017, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Finding culprit drug challenging in Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis
Physicians must change their approaches to finding culprit drugs when treating Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis, according to a study.
Direct challenges recommended for most antibiotic allergy evaluations
Physicians should perform graded direct challenges when patients at low risk for a reaction report an antibiotic allergy, according to a review published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Testing confirms very few parent-reported pediatric drug allergies
Although 7% of questioned parents believed that their child had a drug allergy, testing showed that only 0.05% of these children had a true drug allergy, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Commentary: Celebrate National Penicillin Allergy Day by de-labeling your patients
After patients experience potential allergic reactions to a medicine, they can suffer several long-term adverse consequences that people do not often think about.
Antibiotic allergy labels strongly associated with disease burden in hospitalization
Antibiotic allergy labels appeared strongly associated with disease burden but not with hospital length of stay, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.