If you're one of the millions of Americans who have a penicillin allergy listed on your medical record, research suggests ...

If you have ever had an allergic reaction to penicillin, you may have been told to also avoid cephalosporin antibiotics. Most people with penicillin allergy can tolerate cephalosporin antibiotics ...

A new initiative at the Portage Clinic is helping patients determine whether they're truly allergic to penicillin, ...

Patients are not eligible if they are pregnant, have a history of a type II IV allergic reaction to penicillin, have a recent (within the past five years) report of an immediate reaction to ...

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After this, they’ll choose a testing method. The most common test for respiratory, penicillin, insect sting, skin, and food allergies is a skin prick or scratch test. The doctor scratches a ...

Houston Methodist nurses are using an adapted screening tool at the bedside to assess whether patients have true penicillin allergies, thus enabling their care teams to offer them the most ...

insect venom and penicillin. For most people the tiny pinpricks cause only temporary and mild discomfort. The other mainstay in the clinical arsenal is the allergy shot. You might be a candidate ...

Antibiotic exposure in children under two is linked to increased asthma and allergy risks by age 12, with significant risk differences for asthma and atopic dermatitis. The study found weak ...

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