Assessment of the current practice of antibiotic skin testing in a tertiary Hospital in United Arab Emirates | Zendy

Shemeena AbdulAzeez | Zendy; Ghada K. Al Tajir | Zendy; Hana Sulieman | Zendy

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Assessment of the current practice of antibiotic skin testing in a tertiary Hospital in United Arab Emirates

Author(s) -

Shemeena AbdulAzeez,

Ghada K. Al Tajir,

Hana Sulieman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1714

Subject(s) - medicine , medical record , antibiotics , test (biology) , documentation , medical history , emergency medicine , surgery , paleontology , computer science , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , programming language

Skin testing can be a useful diagnostic tool to identify patients who are allergic to penicillin. Procedures for skin testing in the United Arab Emirates have not been standardized. The aim of this study was to examine the current practice of antibiotic skin testing in a tertiary hospital in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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