Aims To perform a pharmaco-economic analysis of prescribing alternative antibiotics in
patients with a diagnostic label of 'penicillin allergy'and assess whether collation of …

Background Six percent of patients are allergic to penicillin according to their medical
records. While this designation protects a small number of truly allergic patients from serious …

About 10% of UK patients believe that they are allergic to penicillin and have a “penicillin
allergy label” in their primary care health record. However, around 90% of these patients …

Background Inaccurate allergy labelling results in inappropriate antimicrobial management
of the patient, which may affect clinical outcome, increase the risk of adverse events and …

Suspected penicillin allergy is common among hospitalised patients, but the quality of the
information given by the patient is often doubtful. Alleged penicillin allergics are likely to be …

Background A spurious label of penicillin allergy (Pen-A) negatively impacts on antibiotic
stewardship and health care costs. Recent studies have proposed a guideline-steered direct …

Background Prescribing antibiotics to patients with a history of penicillin allergy is common
in clinical practice. Opting for non-beta-lactam antibiotics has its inconveniences and is often …

Background Penicillin allergy poses a major problem in the management of infectious
diseases. Objective We estimated the costs and usage of antibiotic treatment of 'penicillin …

Abstract Background Suspected penicillin allergy (Pen-A) is often not verified by diagnostic
testing. In third line penicillin allergy labels were associated with prescription of broad …

Background: About 10% of subjects report suspected penicillin allergy, but 85–90% of these
patients are not truly allergic and could safely receive beta-lactam antibiotics Objective: To …