Diagnosis of allergy against beta-lactams in primary care: prevalence and diagnostic criteria.

Background: Secondary care studies showed that a recorded allergy to beta-lactams could not be confirmed by valid allergy testing in >85% of cases. In daily practice, recorded beta-lactam allergies probably cause prescription of secondary choice antibiotics. This overrating of beta-lactam allergy ha...

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Published in:Family Practice Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 257 - 263
Main Authors: Salden, Odette A E, Rockmann, Heike, Verheij, Theo J M, Broekhuizen, Berna D L
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2015
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