Open AccessPenicillin allergy evaluation: experience from Kuwait
Author(s) -
AlAhmad Mona,
Bouza Tito Rodriguez
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-4-s3-p103
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin , allergy , drug allergy , provocation test , incidence (geometry) , dermatology , penicillin allergy , patch test , sensitization , amoxicillin , antibiotics , immunology , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Results Total of 124 patients were evaluated for penicillin allergy. Mean age was 37.8 (SD 12.7) years, range from 8 to 74 years. 39 (31.5%) male and 85 (68.5%) female patients were included. Diagnosis of penicillin allergy was confirmed in 46 patients (37.1%). Among the 44 confirmed allergic patients by skin evaluation we had 15 (34.1%) positive skin prick test, and 29 (65.9%) positive intradermal testing. Among patients with positive skin testing, 47.7% were positive to PPL, 20.4% to MDM, 50.0% to PG and 40.9% to ampicillin; 13.6% of patients were positive to amoxicillin by skin prick test. One patient had positive RAST and one had a positive challenge test.