For example, if the control patient has a history of a cutaneous adverse drug reaction after ingesting acetaminophen and clindamycin and this reaction is confirmed either by skin tests or repeat ...

"Penicillin allergy is the most commonly reported drug allergy, affecting approximately 10% or more of the patient population ...

Are people aware that of the 10% of the U.S. population who believe they are allergic to penicillin fewer than 1% actually are? In Maine, that translates to approximately 140,000 people believing they ...

In a large study, Osawa and colleagues [19] examined 197 patients (aged 1 to 85 years) with suspected systemic drug allergy. Patients underwent patch testing with antibiotics (penicillins ...

Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) are warning Wisconsinites to “be antibiotic aware” as the ...

Some of these reactions carry mortality rates from 20 to 40%. While many different classes of drugs can cause serious cADRs, antibiotics are among the most commonly reported triggers for these ...

A third is the "antibiotic paradox" -- the overuse of the "miracle drugs" to the point that they lose their potency. Whenever antibiotics wage war on microorganisms, a few of the enemy are able to ...

Antibiotics are the main cause of life-threatening ... Anaphylaxis in the operating theatre is a life-threatening reaction to a drug that happens without warning. In extreme cases, it rapidly ...

Bacteriostatic antibiotics (eg, erythromycin, tetracycline) may diminish bactericidal effects. Potentiated by probenecid. May cause positive Coombs test, false positive reactions to Clinitest ...

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed penicillin allergy labeled patients with confirmed syphilis referred to our drug allergy clinic for assessment and delabeling from January 2014 to January 2024.

As a result, those with the penicillin allergy label are often prescribed more toxic, dangerous and expensive antibiotics that might not be necessary or effective. A new study being presented at ...