Allergists and clinical immunologists around the world are increasingly faced with the task of
addressing drug allergy and hypersensitivity due to the increase in drug reactions …

Penicillin Allergy Many more patients are labeled as penicillin-allergic than actually are
allergic. The label should be analyzed with skin testing and test exposure. Patients with true …

Resolving conflict of interest The Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTFPP) is
committed to ensuring that all guidelines are based on the best scientific evidence at the …

When drug reactions resembling allergy occur, they are called drug hypersensitivity
reactions (DHR s) before showing the evidence of either drug‐specific antibodies or T cells …

Objective To evaluate the relation between penicillin allergy and development of meticillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and C difficile. Design Population based matched …

A recent survey of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Drug
Allergy Interest Group (DAIG) on how European allergy specialists deal with beta‐lactam …

Abstract Background Even though 8%‐25% of most populations studied globally are labeled
as penicillin allergic, most diagnoses of penicillin allergy are made in childhood and relate …

Background. Reported allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics is common and often leads to
unnecessary avoidance in patients who could tolerate these antibiotics. We prospectively …

Summary The Standards of Care Committee of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical
Immunology (BSACI) and an expert panel have prepared this guidance for the management …

The major emphasis of this updated version of Practice Parameters for Allergy Diagnostic
Testing is focused on how technological refinements and their validations during the past …