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...
| Published in: | Family Practice Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 257 - 263 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2015
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