Open AccessStrategies to identify and prevent penicillin allergy mislabeling and appropriately de-label patients
Author(s) -
Stern
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1533-7294
DOI - 10.12788/jfp.0250
Subject(s) - medicine , penicillin allergy , penicillin , allergy , dermatology , medline , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , law , biology
Taking a good drug allergy history is critical, followed by removing the "penicillin-allergic" label in certain low-risk patients and referring for testing those at high risk.