David Lang, MD, on penicillin allergy overreporting by patients

Fonte: Opinion Makers: Penicillin Allergy Not So Common? | Medpage Today

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In our published experience at the Cleveland Clinic when we perform skin testing to penicillin in patients who self-report penicillin allergy, 88% of patients are skin test negative and can receive penicillin and penicillin type drugs without an elevated risk for a true allergic reaction compared with the general population.