Children with reported penicillin allergy: Public health impact and safety of delabeling.
CONCLUSION: Penicillin allergy is overdiagnosed, often incorrectly, and the label is frequently first applied during childhood. Targeting children for the removal of the incorrect penicillin allergy label provides a mechanism to reduce the use of broader-spectrum and less effective antibiotics.
PMID: 32224207 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Vyles D, Antoon JW, Norton A, Stone CA, Trubiano J, Radowicz A, Phillips EJ Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research
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