If you think you are allergic to penicillin, a new study suggests you might be wrong and that most people aren't allergic at ...

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...

Penicillin-allergy evaluation in pregnant women, including both skin testing and oral challenges, is safe to perform in the outpatient allergy office, researchers say. A review of women who had ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A direct referral pathway streamlined the de-labeling of penicillin allergies among pregnant ...

Many people believe they have a penicillin allergy, but up to 90% are not actually allergic. Side effects like nausea are often mistaken for a true allergic reaction. An allergist can perform tests to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-lactam antibiotics are first-line treatment for preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes (PROM), ...

In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming discovered that the active component of a penicillium fungus had the capacity to kill bacteria in a petri dish, and he named it penicillin. In 1945, Fleming, Florey, and ...