Benefits of Negative Penicillin Skin Test Results Persist during Subsequent Hospital Admissions | Zendy

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Benefits of Negative Penicillin Skin Test Results Persist during Subsequent Hospital Admissions

Author(s) -

Eli N. Perencevich,

P F Weller,

Matthew H. Samore,

Anthony D. Harris

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/318450

Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , test (biology) , skin test , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , paleontology , tuberculosis , biology

For an initial series of 38 patients with negative skin test results, we reviewed retrospectively all subsequent admissions over a 2-year period. For 38 patients with negative initial skin test results, there were 48 subsequent readmissions to our institution, of which 35 required antibiotics. beta-lactams were prescribed for 86% of admissions; a penicillin for 37%, and a cephalosporin for 51%. All infections were cured, and there were no allergic drug reactions during any of the admissions that were reviewed.

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