THE existence of circulating antibody to penicillin has been described, 1 but its significance in clinical hypersensitivity to this antibiotic has not been defined. In the absence of reliable tests ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Amoxicillin, an oral semisynthetic penicillin, is the most common antibiotic associated with childhood ...

Penicillin, a life-saving medicine, is the most common cause of drug allergy, with clinical manifestations ranging from temporary skin reactions to life-threatening systemic syndromes. Thus far, ...

More than 20% of the population is suspected to have a penicillin allergy, yet less than 5% have this allergy. Because a recorded "penicillin allergy" entails altered antibiotic management, risk for ...

Nearly half of the adolescents and adults who developed rashes from penicillin during an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection showed evidence of persistent drug hypersensitivity. Patients with EBV ...

Background: Allergic or pseudo-allergic reactions to macrolides antibiotics are relatively uncommon (0.4-3% of treatments). The allergological work-up for the diagnosis of macrolides hypersensitivity ...

A woman in Spain went into anaphylactic shock after performing oral sex and had to go to the hospital. Doctors discovered her partner had taken a form of penicillin, a drug which the woman is allergic ...