Description and accuracy of antibiotic allergy labels at North Shore Hospital

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of antibiotic specific allergies in our centre was similar to New Zealand and Australian statistics.1,2 Our study showed that a significant proportion of inpatients with a beta-lactam-specific allergy could be de-labelled on history or with a single dose challenge.PMID:37414075

Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - July 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Liam D Kelly Tim Cutfield Kerry Read Source Type: research