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Penicillin allergy test recommended for pregnant women
Pregnant women previously labeled with a penicillin allergy who receive allergy testing are often able to disprove the allergy, which can allow them to receive better treatments for common infections…
Penicillin delabeling initiative expanding to more patient care areas
Given the stakes for patients and for public health, experts say current efforts to correct mistaken or outdated penicillin allergy records are destined to spread to more patient care areas at…
Study shows success at disproving allergies to sulfa antibiotics
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in Transplant Infectious Diseases shows that physicians…
Study seeks to disprove cephalosporin allergies
A Vanderbilt study done in the Drug Allergy Clinic and reported recently in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, shows that taking a careful history in patients…
Hockey player, survivor supports TEN research
Hockey player Louis Chaix was forced to step away from the ice for a couple of years after he was diagnosed with an extremely rare disease called Steven Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.…