259 Penicillin Allergy Evaluation

259 Penicillin Allergy Evaluation: Experience from a Drug Allergy Clinic in Kuwait

256 Risk Factors of Recurrent Upper Respiratory Infections in Children under 5 Years. Habana Vieja Xiomara Lopez Campos,MD, Mirta Alvarez Castello,MD, and Juliette Massip, MD. Hogar Materno Leonor Pérez, Havana, Cuba; Allergy Society from Cuba, Havana; Cuba Bioestatistics Society, Havana, Cuba. Background: Upper Respiratory Infections are the most common diseases in childhood. It is possible to...

Penicillin allergy evaluation: experience from Kuwait

Results Total of 124 patients were evaluated for penicillin allergy. Mean age was 37.8 (SD 12.7) years, range from 8 to 74 years. 39 (31.5%) male and 85 (68.5%) female patients were included. Diagnosis of penicillin allergy was confirmed in 46 patients (37.1%). Among the 44 confirmed allergic patients by skin evaluation we had 15 (34.1%) positive skin prick test, and 29 (65.9%) positive intrade...

Approach to Penicillin Allergy – A Survey

Individual approaches to the diagnosis and management of penicillin allergy are practiced    by clinicians.   This cross-sectional survey of physicians was aimed at exploring their ways of dealing with diagnosis and management of penicillin G allergy.   Of the 235 respondents, 63% believed patients’ self-reported history of penicillin allergy and avoided using penic...

Penicillin allergy in children.

Penicillin allergy evaluation: experience from a drug allergy clinic in an Arabian Gulf Country, Kuwait

BACKGROUND Hypersensitivity to penicillin has been studied worldwide, but data regarding patterns of sensitization in Arabian Gulf countries are scarce. OBJECTIVE To describe the patterns of penicillin hypersensitivity during a 6-year study in Kuwait in terms of demographics, type of the culprit drug, in vivo and in vitro allergy testing. METHODS One hundred and twenty-four patients referre...