Side Action of Penicillin, Especially about Penicillin Allergy.

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.

Side-effects of penicillin treatment.

In comparison with the many millions of injections of penicillin given annually all over the world, the incidence of reported reactions to the drug is small. Untoward effects vary from simple discomfort at the site of injection to sudden death (Kern and Wimberley, 1953; Welch, Lewis, Kerlan, and Putnam, 1953). The amount and duration of pain at the injection site may vary with the technical ski...

Utility of penicillin allergy testing in patients presenting with a history of penicillin allergy

BACKGROUND Current statistics show that approximately 10% of patients claim to be allergic to penicillin yet only 10% of these have demonstrable allergy. The most appropriate and cost-effective antibiotics are sometimes withheld on the basis of patient history of drug allergy. OBJECTIVE Investigation of IgE hypersensitivity and delayed hypersensitivity in patients with a history of penicillin...

Penicillin Allergy Testing Should Be Performed Routinely in Patients with Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy.

h AAAAI Position Statements, Work Group Reports, and Systematic Reviews are not to be considered to reflect current AAAAI standards or policy after five years from the date of publication. The statement below is not to be construed as dictating an exclusive course of action nor is it intended to replace the medical judgment of healthcare professionals. The unique circumstances of individual pat...