Credit: Shutterstock. Penicillin allergy is the most frequent form of drug allergy. ATLANTA, GA—Penicillin allergy testing should be undertaken as part of preoperative evaluation for patients ...

Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should have a bigger role in penicillin allergy skin testing. The authors said it would expand ...

What is the skin testing protocol for a patient who reports having had an allergic reaction to penicillin a long time ago? Is there any indication for skin testing before a penicillin injection in the ...

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...

HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. IT HELPS PEOPLE DETERMINE IF THEY ARE STILL ALLERGIC TO A WIDELY USED MEDICATION. JOINING ME NOW, WE HAVE CLINICAL PHARMACIST MIRA BALDEO SINGH AND DR. MARK PESA DR. MARK. AND ...

SAN FRANSISCO — Patients with a penicillin allergy indication on their electronic medical record test negative for penicillin allergy nearly 90% of the time, new research shows. Testing these patients ...

At least one in 10 Americans is allergic to penicillin — or so they think. Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital and around the country are calling for more testing of whether patients are ...

Two YNHH physicians have developed an initiative to test and identify pregnant women who report penicillin allergies in order to verify or clear the reported allergy. Yale physicians developed an ...

Penicillin is the oldest antibiotics, and it's still an effective choice for treating ailments, but many people are allergic to the medication, which means they have to find alternative treatments.

An allergic reaction to penicillin is the most commonly reported medication allergy. That leaves doctors with fewer drug options and makes it more difficult to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria. An ...

SAN ANTONIO — A proof-of-concept study showed that de-labeling sailors with reported penicillin allergies can improve operational readiness, according to data presented at the American Academy of ...

Lilyann Schied of Omaha went through testing this fall at Boys Town National Research Hospital to determine whether a childhood reaction was a real allergy to penicillin. It wasn’t, and doctors were ...