NEWS Dr. Nina Mörsch | 07 May 2024 Penicillin allergies are less prevalent than often presumed. However, misdiagnosed allergies can prove detrimental to patients requiring antibiotic therapy and contribute to antibiotic resistance. Professor Norma Jung from the University Hospital Cologne, Germany, presented a new recommendation at the 130th Congress of the German Society for Internal...
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Pregnant women with penicillin allergy label should be tested to reduce antibiotic exposure
by American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Chemical structure of Penicillin G. The sulfur and nitrogen of the five-membered thiazolidine ring are shown in yellow and blue respectively. The image shows that the thiazolidine ring and fused four-membered β-lactam are not in the same plane. Credit: Public Domain It’s well known that 9 of...
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Breaking news on penicillin allergy
News briefs on three new penicillin allergy studies AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND IMMUNOLOGY HOUSTON (Nov. 8, 2019) – At some point you may have had a reaction to penicillin and were told you were allergic. And there’s a good chance it has stayed in your chart throughout your childhood and into adulthood. But 9 of 10 Americans who...