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- Title
The impact of penicillin skin testing on clinical practice and antimicrobial stewardship.
- Authors
Rimawi, Ramzy H; Cook, Paul P; Gooch, Michael; Kabchi, Badih; Ashraf, Muhammad S; Rimawi, Bassam H; Gebregziabher, Mulugeta; Siraj, Dawd S
- Abstract
Penicillin skin testing (PST) is a simple and reliable way of diagnosing penicillin allergy. After being off the market for 4 years, penicilloyl-polylysine was reintroduced in 2009 as PRE-PEN. We describe the negative predictive value (NPV) of PST and the impact on antibiotic selection in a sample of hospitalized patients with a reported history of penicillin allergy.
- Publication
Journal of hospital medicine, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 6, p341
- ISSN
1553-5606
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/jhm.2036