Lack of Penicillin Resensitization in Patients With a History of Penicillin Allergy After Receiving Repeated Penicillin Courses
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- 8 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 162 (7) , 822-826
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.7.822
Abstract
PENICILLIN ALLERGY is the most commonly reported medication allergy. While up to 10% of patients report a history of penicillin allergy, numerous studies have shown that more than 80% of these patients lack penicillin-specific IgE antibodies and can receive the antibiotic safely.1-5This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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