"Penicillin allergy is the most commonly reported drug allergy, affecting approximately 10% or more of the patient population, but very few patients are actually allergic—less than 5%," she says.

Risk factors that make it more likely to have a penicillin allergy include: Having a history of allergies Having a family history of drug allergy Having had an allergic reaction to another kind of ...

Because of the high rate of cross-sensitivities and cross-reactions between neomycin and other antibiotics, patients should list neomycin as a medical allergy for the rest of their lives.

A team of researchers who reviewed medical literature on the accuracy of penicillin allergies has come out with a startling A team of researchers who reviewed medical literature on the accuracy of ...

it is said to be a drug allergy. Adverse drug reactions can occur with any class of drugs, but more so in case of antibiotics followed by anti-tumor drugs. Symptoms of drug allergy are the same ...

in patients who are allergic to penicillin. The place of these drugs in treatment of endocarditis due to gram-negative bacilli is unknown, but it is probable that combinations with other ...

However some people are allergic to penicillin-based drugs. Flucloxacillin is a penicillin drug which can be used to treat infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to other penicillin-type ...

The combination of impaired skin barriers with the prolonged use of topical antibiotics can increase the risk of developing allergic contact dermatitis (Gehrig & Warshaw, 2008). Therefore ...