Abstract |
Many children with adverse reactions to beta-lactams are labeled as allergic without performing an allergy study to confirm it. In this retrospective study of 10 years, we detected only 3.3% positive cases. Although international guidelines recommend a second allergy workup in patients with a negative study, we found from our results a low profitability of retesting.
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Authors | Javier Iglesias-Souto, Ruperto González, Paloma Poza, Inmaculada Sanchez-Machín, Victor Matheu |
Journal | The Pediatric infectious disease journal
(Pediatr Infect Dis J)
Vol. 31
Issue 10
Pg. 1091-3
(Oct 2012)
ISSN: 1532-0987 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22673138
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
(diagnosis, epidemiology)
- Infant
- Male
- Prevalence
- Retrospective Studies
- beta-Lactams
(adverse effects)
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