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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two patients who were initially allergic only to amoxicillin developed new reactions to penicillin. Sixteen patients exhibited patch-test results similar to those of the initial testing.

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 ...

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

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 ...