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 …

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 …

Abstract Purpose of Review An unconfirmed penicillin allergy is known to confer significant
risk to patients. Only a small minority of patients labeled with penicillin allergy will be …

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 …

Background Penicillin allergies are associated with inferior patient and antimicrobial
stewardship outcomes. We implemented a whole-of-hospital program to assess the efficacy …

Background Having a penicillin allergy label is associated with the use of less appropriate
and more expensive antibiotics and increased healthcare utilization. Penicillin allergy …

Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHRs) are nowadays the third cause of allergy after rhinitis
and asthma with a significant increase in prevalence in both adults and paediatric …

Background Direct drug provocation test (DPT) without prior skin testing (ST) has been
investigated in children suspected of being at risk for beta-lactam (BL) hypersensitivity …

Introduction: Ten percent of hospitalized patients report penicillin allergy; however, recent
studies indicate that~ 98% of these patients are not acutely hypersensitive. Unconfirmed …

Beta‐lactam (BL) allergy suspicion is common in children and constitutes a major public
health problem, with an impact on patient's health and on medical costs. However, it has …