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Experience with a new commercial skin testing kit to identify IgE‐mediated penicillin allergy
Author(s) -
Nolan R. C.,
Puy R.,
Deckert K.,
O’Hehir R. E.,
Douglass J. A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01657.x
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin allergy , penicillin , allergy , immunoglobulin e , dermatology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , antibody , biology
Many patients who describe a history of allergy to penicillin do not prove to be allergic and can be treated safely with penicillin. After a period of 2 years where testing of penicillin allergy was not possible, a new commercial kit has recently become available. We report our initial experience with use of the kit with 29 patients and discuss one patient who experienced anaphylaxis during i.d. testing.