How Can I Know If My Penicillin Allergy Is Real?
People with a penicillin allergy on their medical record are not given penicillins (or often their relatives, the cephalosporins) when they have infections. Instead, the antibiotics prescribed may be broader-spectrum, less effective, and/or more toxic. One national study from more than 100 US hospitals with almost 11,000 patients demonstrated that if you have a reported […]
