Management of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Allergy: A Real-Life Study.

ABSTRACT: Beta-lactam allergy is a common problem in everyday medical practice and is recognized as a major public health issue. Carrying this label frequently leads to the avoidance of all beta-lactam antibiotics, favoring the use of other less preferred classes of antibiotics, that are more expensive and associated with more side effects and increased antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, delabeling a beta-lactam allergy is part of antimicrobial stewardship programs. Herein, we retrospectively examined the clinical records of 576 patients who were referred to our center for a label of allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics and were systematically investigated following a standardized algorithm. Our main aim was to evaluate the frequency of confirmed immediate- and delayed-type allergy to commonly presc

SUBMITTER: Iuliano S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234877 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature